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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... wine she had in hand , And her attire was well farand.2 Before the king on knee set , And in her language she him gret3 ' Laverd king , wassail ! ' said she . The king asked , What should be . On that language the king ne couth5 A ...
... wine she had in hand , And her attire was well farand.2 Before the king on knee set , And in her language she him gret3 ' Laverd king , wassail ! ' said she . The king asked , What should be . On that language the king ne couth5 A ...
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... wine ; Montrese and wine of Greek , Both Algrade and despices eke , Antioch and Bastard , Pyment also and garnard ; Wine of Greek and Muscadel , Both claré , pyment , and Rochelle , The reed your stomach to defy , And pots of Osy set ...
... wine ; Montrese and wine of Greek , Both Algrade and despices eke , Antioch and Bastard , Pyment also and garnard ; Wine of Greek and Muscadel , Both claré , pyment , and Rochelle , The reed your stomach to defy , And pots of Osy set ...
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... wine and wool in the port of London , and had a pitcher of wine daily from the royal table , which was afterwards commuted into a pension of twenty marks . He was appointed a joint envoy to France to treat of a mar- riage between the ...
... wine and wool in the port of London , and had a pitcher of wine daily from the royal table , which was afterwards commuted into a pension of twenty marks . He was appointed a joint envoy to France to treat of a mar- riage between the ...
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... wine ne drank she neither white nor red ; Her board was served most with white and black , Milk and brown bread , in which she found no lack , Seindell bacon , and sometime an egg or tway , For she was as it were a manner dey.12 [ The ...
... wine ne drank she neither white nor red ; Her board was served most with white and black , Milk and brown bread , in which she found no lack , Seindell bacon , and sometime an egg or tway , For she was as it were a manner dey.12 [ The ...
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... wine and drunkenness . O ! wist a man how many maladies Followen of excesse and of gluttonies , He wouldé be the moré measurable Of his diete , sitting at his table . Alas ! the shorté throat , the tender mouth , Maketh that east and ...
... wine and drunkenness . O ! wist a man how many maladies Followen of excesse and of gluttonies , He wouldé be the moré measurable Of his diete , sitting at his table . Alas ! the shorté throat , the tender mouth , Maketh that east and ...
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