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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... play . " This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . * Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
... play . " This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . * Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
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... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
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... play . This treasure 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 ...
... play . This treasure 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 ...
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... play at dice both day and night , And eat also and drinken o'er their might , Through which they do the devil sacrifice , Within the devil's temple ' , in cursed wise , By superfluity abominable . Their oathes been so great and so ...
... play at dice both day and night , And eat also and drinken o'er their might , Through which they do the devil sacrifice , Within the devil's temple ' , in cursed wise , By superfluity abominable . Their oathes been so great and so ...
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... play . This treasure 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 ...
... play . This treasure 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 ...
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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