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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... hath he not done rightly , that he hath struck us down to the fiery abyss of the not hell , bereft us of heaven's kingdom , hath decreed to people it with mankind . That is to me of sorrows the greatest , that Adam , who was wrought of ...
... hath he not done rightly , that he hath struck us down to the fiery abyss of the not hell , bereft us of heaven's kingdom , hath decreed to people it with mankind . That is to me of sorrows the greatest , that Adam , who was wrought of ...
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... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
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... hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might this gold be carried ...
... hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might this gold be carried ...
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... hath hate , and climbing tickleness , Press12 hath envy , and weal is blent13 o'er all ; Savour14 no more than thee behoven shall ; Rede well thyself , that otherfolk can'st rede , And truth thee shall deliver ' t is no drede.16 Pain ...
... hath hate , and climbing tickleness , Press12 hath envy , and weal is blent13 o'er all ; Savour14 no more than thee behoven shall ; Rede well thyself , that otherfolk can'st rede , And truth thee shall deliver ' t is no drede.16 Pain ...
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... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
... hath dominatión He can no counsel keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In ...
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afterwards Anglo-Saxon anon beauty Ben Jonson Cædmon Cæsar called Canterbury Tales Chaucer court dance death delight doth dread Earl England English eyes Faery Queen fair Fawdon fayre fear flowers frae genius GEOFFREY CHAUCER give gold grace gude hand hast hath heard heart heaven Henry Henry VIII hire holy honour JOHN GOWER Jonson king lady language Latin Layamon learned live look Lord merry micht mind mony nature never night noble Petrarch play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor Queen rede reign rich richt Robert Curthose saith Saracens Scotland Shakspeare sing song soul sould Discretion Spenser St Serf sweet Tabard tell thee ther thine thing thought tongue translation truth tway unto verse Wace wald Wallace wanton wassail weel Wel coude Wickliffe wind wine withouten wolde words worthy writers youth