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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... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , 22 The re - cured Lover exulteth in his Freedoin , and voweth 23 to remain free until Death , 48 JOHN ...
... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , 22 The re - cured Lover exulteth in his Freedoin , and voweth 23 to remain free until Death , 48 JOHN ...
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... sing in turn . On one of these * Biographia Britannica Literarit Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. occasions , it happened to be Cędmon's turn to keep. i First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 ANGLO-SAXON WRITERS,
... sing in turn . On one of these * Biographia Britannica Literarit Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. occasions , it happened to be Cędmon's turn to keep. i First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 ANGLO-SAXON WRITERS,
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... 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 sceolan herian * heofon - rices weard ...
... 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 sceolan herian * heofon - rices weard ...
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... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight.9 Your censors shall be of gold , Indent with azure many a ...
... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight.9 Your censors shall be of gold , Indent with azure many a ...
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... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House ...
... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The House ...
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