Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 47
... sound Of this or that as liketh me ; For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange , And speak such words as touch my change , Blame not my Lute ! My Lute , alas ! doth not ...
... sound Of this or that as liketh me ; For lack of wit the Lute is bound To give such tunes as pleaseth me ; Though my songs be somewhat strange , And speak such words as touch my change , Blame not my Lute ! My Lute , alas ! doth not ...
Page 48
... sound that same ; But if till then my fingers play , By thy desert their wonted way , Blame not my Lute ! Farewell unknown ; for though thou break My strings in spite with great disdain , Yet have I found out for thy sake , Strings for ...
... sound that same ; But if till then my fingers play , By thy desert their wonted way , Blame not my Lute ! Farewell unknown ; for though thou break My strings in spite with great disdain , Yet have I found out for thy sake , Strings for ...
Page 59
... sound suggestions . Thus , in- stead of severe punishment of theft , the author would improve the morals and condition of the people , so as to take away the temptation to crime ; for , says he , if you suffer your people to be ill ...
... sound suggestions . Thus , in- stead of severe punishment of theft , the author would improve the morals and condition of the people , so as to take away the temptation to crime ; for , says he , if you suffer your people to be ill ...
Page 72
... sound did redond to the high skyis , quhil the deep hou3 cauernis of cleuchis and rotche craggis ansuert vitht ane high note of that my sound as thay beystis hed blauen . It aperit be presumyng and presuposing , that blaberand eccho had ...
... sound did redond to the high skyis , quhil the deep hou3 cauernis of cleuchis and rotche craggis ansuert vitht ane high note of that my sound as thay beystis hed blauen . It aperit be presumyng and presuposing , that blaberand eccho had ...
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... sound sense and excellent instructions . We are the more called on to admire them , when we reflect on the tendency of learned men in that age to waste their talents and acquirements on profitless controversy which was so strong a ...
... sound sense and excellent instructions . We are the more called on to admire them , when we reflect on the tendency of learned men in that age to waste their talents and acquirements on profitless controversy which was so strong a ...
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