Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... afterwards , the earth for men , the almighty master ! Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versifica- tion . In the morning ...
... afterwards , the earth for men , the almighty master ! Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versifica- tion . In the morning ...
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... afterwards Holy Ghost's ( to ) the comes corruptible ( the ) priests ' blessing , and it sacerda bletsunge , & hit mæg may wash from and soul lichaman & sawle athwean fram eallum synnum , body dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly ...
... afterwards Holy Ghost's ( to ) the comes corruptible ( the ) priests ' blessing , and it sacerda bletsunge , & hit mæg may wash from and soul lichaman & sawle athwean fram eallum synnum , body dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly ...
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... afterward thilk name lose . He was quaint of counsel and of speech , and of body strong . And slew to ground here ... afterwards translated a French chro- de Langtoft , a contemporary of his own , and an ning has been characterised as ...
... afterward thilk name lose . He was quaint of counsel and of speech , and of body strong . And slew to ground here ... afterwards translated a French chro- de Langtoft , a contemporary of his own , and an ning has been characterised as ...
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... afterwards commuted into a pension of twenty marks . He was appointed a joint envoy to France to treat of a mar- riage between the Prince of Wales and Mary , the daughter of the French king . At home , he is sup- posed to have resided ...
... afterwards commuted into a pension of twenty marks . He was appointed a joint envoy to France to treat of a mar- riage between the Prince of Wales and Mary , the daughter of the French king . At home , he is sup- posed to have resided ...
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... afterwards married to the young king , whom she accompanied to Scot- Among these was JAMES I. of Scotland , whose mind and its productions , notwithstanding his being a native of that country , must be considered as of English growth ...
... afterwards married to the young king , whom she accompanied to Scot- Among these was JAMES I. of Scotland , whose mind and its productions , notwithstanding his being a native of that country , must be considered as of English growth ...
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