A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms |
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... thou art guilty of Branchus's death , no punishment shall be visited upon thee , upon this condition - that thou shalt be able to answer a question which I shall ask ; and thou shalt take an oath that if thou prove unable to do this , thou ...
... thou art guilty of Branchus's death , no punishment shall be visited upon thee , upon this condition - that thou shalt be able to answer a question which I shall ask ; and thou shalt take an oath that if thou prove unable to do this , thou ...
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... thou spends ; Remenant all thou brookis but with bales.4 Seek to soláce when sadness thee assails : In dolour lang thy life may not endure ; Wherefore of comfort set up all thy sails : Without gladnéss availis no treasure . III . Follow ...
... thou spends ; Remenant all thou brookis but with bales.4 Seek to soláce when sadness thee assails : In dolour lang thy life may not endure ; Wherefore of comfort set up all thy sails : Without gladnéss availis no treasure . III . Follow ...
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... thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy lorde god ' wyth all thy hert ' and wyth all thy soule ' and with all thy strengthe ' and wyth all thy mynde : and thy neighbour as thy sylfe . And he sayd vnto hym : Thou hast ...
... thou ? And he answered and sayde : Thou shalt love thy lorde god ' wyth all thy hert ' and wyth all thy soule ' and with all thy strengthe ' and wyth all thy mynde : and thy neighbour as thy sylfe . And he sayd vnto hym : Thou hast ...
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... thou spendest above this when I come agayne I will recom- pence the . Which nowe of these thre thynkest thou was neigh- bour unto him that fell into the theves hondes ? And he answered : He that shewed mercy on hym . Then sayd Jesus ...
... thou spendest above this when I come agayne I will recom- pence the . Which nowe of these thre thynkest thou was neigh- bour unto him that fell into the theves hondes ? And he answered : He that shewed mercy on hym . Then sayd Jesus ...
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... thou hast got Of simple hearts , thorough Love's shot , By whom unkind thou hast them won ; Think not he hath his bow forgot , Although my lute and I have done . Vengeance may fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest pain ...
... thou hast got Of simple hearts , thorough Love's shot , By whom unkind thou hast them won ; Think not he hath his bow forgot , Although my lute and I have done . Vengeance may fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest pain ...
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