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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... Poor Country Widow , 18 • How no age is content with his own estate , and how the age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to un- derstand it , The Death of Arcite , 18 The Means to attain Happy Life , The Pardoner's Tale ...
... Poor Country Widow , 18 • How no age is content with his own estate , and how the age of children is the happiest , if they had skill to un- derstand it , The Death of Arcite , 18 The Means to attain Happy Life , The Pardoner's Tale ...
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... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
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... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
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... poor ; Who lives merrily he lives mightily ; Without Gladness availes no Treasure . The philosophy of these lines is excellent . Dunbar was as great in the comic as in the solemn strain , but not so pure . His Twa Married Women and the ...
... poor ; Who lives merrily he lives mightily ; Without Gladness availes no Treasure . The philosophy of these lines is excellent . Dunbar was as great in the comic as in the solemn strain , but not so pure . His Twa Married Women and the ...
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... Poor claggocks5 clad in Raploch white , Whilk has scant twa merks for their fees , Will have twa ells beneath their knees . Kittock that cleckit6 was yestreen , The morn , will counterfeit the queen . In barn nor byre she will not bide ...
... Poor claggocks5 clad in Raploch white , Whilk has scant twa merks for their fees , Will have twa ells beneath their knees . Kittock that cleckit6 was yestreen , The morn , will counterfeit the queen . In barn nor byre she will not bide ...
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