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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... write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time ; for him ...
... write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time ; for him ...
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... writer . He was born at St Albans in the year 1300 , and received the liberal education requisite for the profession ... writes from his own observation , he makes no effort at either embellishment or exaggeration . Hence it is not ...
... writer . He was born at St Albans in the year 1300 , and received the liberal education requisite for the profession ... writes from his own observation , he makes no effort at either embellishment or exaggeration . Hence it is not ...
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... write , before the reign of Elizabeth - as will be testified by the following verses : -. [. James. I. ,. a. Prisoner. in ... writer are entitled , The History of Theles , The Fall of Princes , and The Destruction of Troy . He had ...
... write , before the reign of Elizabeth - as will be testified by the following verses : -. [. James. I. ,. a. Prisoner. in ... writer are entitled , The History of Theles , The Fall of Princes , and The Destruction of Troy . He had ...
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... write , Of merry Margaret , As midsimmer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still , And as full of goodwill , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good Cassander ; Stedfast of thought , Well ...
... write , Of merry Margaret , As midsimmer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still , And as full of goodwill , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good Cassander ; Stedfast of thought , Well ...
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... write two ages past , The third now coming in . Hang up , therefore , the bit Of thy young wanton time ; And thou that therein beaten art , The happiest life define : Whereat I sighed , and said , Farewell my wonted joy , Truss up thy ...
... write two ages past , The third now coming in . Hang up , therefore , the bit Of thy young wanton time ; And thou that therein beaten art , The happiest life define : Whereat I sighed , and said , Farewell my wonted joy , Truss up thy ...
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