Cyclopædia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 1Robert Chambers Gould and Lincoln, 1854 - Authors, English |
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... grace a thousand and sixteen , This great crevserie began , that long was i - seen . Of so much folk nymet the cross , ne to the holy land go , Me ne see no time before , ne suth nathemo.5 For self women ne beleved , that they ne wend ...
... grace a thousand and sixteen , This great crevserie began , that long was i - seen . Of so much folk nymet the cross , ne to the holy land go , Me ne see no time before , ne suth nathemo.5 For self women ne beleved , that they ne wend ...
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... grace . ROBERT LANGLAND . The Vision of Pierce Ploughman , a satirical poem of the same period , ascribed to ROBERT LONGLANDE , a secular priest , also shows very expressively the progress which was made , about the middle of the ...
... grace . ROBERT LANGLAND . The Vision of Pierce Ploughman , a satirical poem of the same period , ascribed to ROBERT LONGLANDE , a secular priest , also shows very expressively the progress which was made , about the middle of the ...
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... grace : For wind and weather , Almighty God purchase , L And bring her home , I can no better say , But in the sea she driveth forth her way . [ The Pardoner's Tale . ] In Flanders whilom was a company Of youngé folk that haunteden ...
... grace : For wind and weather , Almighty God purchase , L And bring her home , I can no better say , But in the sea she driveth forth her way . [ The Pardoner's Tale . ] In Flanders whilom was a company Of youngé folk that haunteden ...
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... grace , Why art thou all forwrapped save thy face f Why livest thou so long in so great age ? ' This olde man ' gan look in his visage , And saidé thus : For I ne cannot find A man , though that I walked into Ind , Neither in city nor ...
... grace , Why art thou all forwrapped save thy face f Why livest thou so long in so great age ? ' This olde man ' gan look in his visage , And saidé thus : For I ne cannot find A man , though that I walked into Ind , Neither in city nor ...
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... grace again , And bade that one of them should sain , 2 What thing is him levest to crave , 3 And he it shall of gift have . And over that ke forth with all He saith , that other have shall The double of that his fellow axeth ; And thus ...
... grace again , And bade that one of them should sain , 2 What thing is him levest to crave , 3 And he it shall of gift have . And over that ke forth with all He saith , that other have shall The double of that his fellow axeth ; And thus ...
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