Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Volume 1Gould and Lincoln, 1856 |
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... give lond from her heirs To religious , that have no ruth though it rain on her altars . In many places there they be parsons by hemself at ease ; Of the poor have they no pity : and that is her charity ! And they letten hem as lords ...
... give lond from her heirs To religious , that have no ruth though it rain on her altars . In many places there they be parsons by hemself at ease ; Of the poor have they no pity : and that is her charity ! And they letten hem as lords ...
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... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' ' Nay , oldé churl ...
... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' ' Nay , oldé churl ...
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... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or small , And ...
... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or small , And ...
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... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' ' Nay , oldé churl ...
... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' ' Nay , oldé churl ...
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... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or sinall , And ...
... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or sinall , And ...
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