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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... rise of Romantic Fic- tion in Europe has been traced to the most opposite quarters ; namely , to the Arabians and to the Scan- dinavians . It has also been disputed , whether a politer kind of poetical literature was first culti- vated ...
... rise of Romantic Fic- tion in Europe has been traced to the most opposite quarters ; namely , to the Arabians and to the Scan- dinavians . It has also been disputed , whether a politer kind of poetical literature was first culti- vated ...
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... rise of the Commons in the time of Edward I. , the French long kept possession of the court and higher circles , and it required a genius like that of Chaucer - familiar with different modes tractions which followed , and the paucity of ...
... rise of the Commons in the time of Edward I. , the French long kept possession of the court and higher circles , and it required a genius like that of Chaucer - familiar with different modes tractions which followed , and the paucity of ...
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... rise ! ' 3 One bade me come near and buy some spice ; Pepper , and saffron they gan me beed 4 But , for lack of money , I might not speed . Then to the Cheap I gan me drawn , One bade me buy a hood to cover my head ; But , for want of ...
... rise ! ' 3 One bade me come near and buy some spice ; Pepper , and saffron they gan me beed 4 But , for lack of money , I might not speed . Then to the Cheap I gan me drawn , One bade me buy a hood to cover my head ; But , for want of ...
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... Rise up , my sister dear , Come to your meat , this peril is o'erpast . ' The other answered with a heavy cheer , I may nought eat , sae sair I am aghast . Lever I had this forty dayis fast , With water kail , and green beans and peas ...
... Rise up , my sister dear , Come to your meat , this peril is o'erpast . ' The other answered with a heavy cheer , I may nought eat , sae sair I am aghast . Lever I had this forty dayis fast , With water kail , and green beans and peas ...
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... rise , to strike , to disappear . " They come like shadows , so depart . " ' -CAMP- BELL . Next in the Dance followed ENVY , Filled full of feid and felony , Hid malice and despite : For privy hatred that traitor trembled ; Him followed ...
... rise , to strike , to disappear . " They come like shadows , so depart . " ' -CAMP- BELL . Next in the Dance followed ENVY , Filled full of feid and felony , Hid malice and despite : For privy hatred that traitor trembled ; Him followed ...
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