Cyclopędia 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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... ( Hast thou seen the down in the air ? ) Detraction Execrated , JOHN CHALKHILL , The Witch's Cave , The Priestess of Diana , 136 EARL OF ANCRUM - EARL OF STIRLING , 136 Sonnet in Praise of a Solitary Life , 132 Song - The Saint's ...
... ( Hast thou seen the down in the air ? ) Detraction Execrated , JOHN CHALKHILL , The Witch's Cave , The Priestess of Diana , 136 EARL OF ANCRUM - EARL OF STIRLING , 136 Sonnet in Praise of a Solitary Life , 132 Song - The Saint's ...
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... hast something to sing . " " What must I sing ? " said Cędmon . " Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cędmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - Nu we ...
... hast something to sing . " " What must I sing ? " said Cędmon . " Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cędmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - Nu we ...
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... hast i - lore 2 The flour of all chivalerie , Nou Kyng Edward liveth na more , Alas ! that he yet shulde deye ! He wolde ha rered up ful heyge 3 Our baners that bueth broht to grounde ; Wel longe we mowe clepet and crie , Er we such a ...
... hast i - lore 2 The flour of all chivalerie , Nou Kyng Edward liveth na more , Alas ! that he yet shulde deye ! He wolde ha rered up ful heyge 3 Our baners that bueth broht to grounde ; Wel longe we mowe clepet and crie , Er we such a ...
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... hast reived , But cowardice thee ay fra honour dreived . Thou has thy life rougin2 in wrangeous deed ; That shall be seen on thee or on thy seed . ' The king gart3 charge they should the bishop ta , But sad lords counsellit to let him ...
... hast reived , But cowardice thee ay fra honour dreived . Thou has thy life rougin2 in wrangeous deed ; That shall be seen on thee or on thy seed . ' The king gart3 charge they should the bishop ta , But sad lords counsellit to let him ...
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... hast ygeten in such manner , that men have no matter ne cause to call thee nother wretch ne chinch , for it is a great shame to a man to have a poor heart and a rich purse : he saith also , The goods that thou hast ygeten , use ' em by ...
... hast ygeten in such manner , that men have no matter ne cause to call thee nother wretch ne chinch , for it is a great shame to a man to have a poor heart and a rich purse : he saith also , The goods that thou hast ygeten , use ' em by ...
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