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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... thing is wine , and drunkenness Is full of striving and of wretchedness . O drunken man ! disfigur'd is thy face , Sour is thy breath , foul art thou to embrace ; And through thy drunken nose seemeth the soun As though thou saidést aye ...
... thing is wine , and drunkenness Is full of striving and of wretchedness . O drunken man ! disfigur'd is thy face , Sour is thy breath , foul art thou to embrace ; And through thy drunken nose seemeth the soun As though thou saidést aye ...
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... thing , nor no steadfastness , Except in women , thus I mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every moneth changeth ...
... thing , nor no steadfastness , Except in women , thus I mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every moneth changeth ...
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... thing is him levest to crave , 3 And he it shall of gift have . And over that ke forth with all He saith , that other have shall The double of that his fellow axeth ; And thus to them his grace he taxeth . The Covetous was wonder glad ...
... thing is him levest to crave , 3 And he it shall of gift have . And over that ke forth with all He saith , that other have shall The double of that his fellow axeth ; And thus to them his grace he taxeth . The Covetous was wonder glad ...
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... thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff liking ! Fredome all solace to man giffis : He levys at ese that frely levys ! A noble hart may haiff nane ese , Na ellys nocht that may him plese , Gyff fredome failythe : for fre liking Is yearnyt ...
... thing ! Fredome mayse man to haiff liking ! Fredome all solace to man giffis : He levys at ese that frely levys ! A noble hart may haiff nane ese , Na ellys nocht that may him plese , Gyff fredome failythe : for fre liking Is yearnyt ...
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... thing , I vow to God , who is my righteous king , That all England I shall her interdite , And make it known thou art a heretic . The sacrament of kirk I shall him give : Syne take thy choice , to starve 1 or let him live . It were mair ...
... thing , I vow to God , who is my righteous king , That all England I shall her interdite , And make it known thou art a heretic . The sacrament of kirk I shall him give : Syne take thy choice , to starve 1 or let him live . It were mair ...
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