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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... Pleasure there ROBERT LANGLAND , 11 passed , 46 • Extracts from Pierce Plowman , 11 • Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine , 47 CEOFFREY CHAUCER , Description of a Poor Country Widow , 12 . How no age is content with his own ...
... Pleasure there ROBERT LANGLAND , 11 passed , 46 • Extracts from Pierce Plowman , 11 • Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine , 47 CEOFFREY CHAUCER , Description of a Poor Country Widow , 12 . How no age is content with his own ...
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... Pleasure , 60 Una and the Redcross Knight , Adventure of Una with the Lion , 89 89 JOHN FISCHER , . 62 The Bower of Bliss , 90 · Character and Habits of the Countess of Richmond , 62 The Squire and the Dove , 91 SIR THOMAS ELYOT , 64 ...
... Pleasure , 60 Una and the Redcross Knight , Adventure of Una with the Lion , 89 89 JOHN FISCHER , . 62 The Bower of Bliss , 90 · Character and Habits of the Countess of Richmond , 62 The Squire and the Dove , 91 SIR THOMAS ELYOT , 64 ...
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... pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , 187 Meditation , 226 Fear of Death , 187 Tale of Argentile and Curan , 226 Description of Ophelia's ...
... pleasure have great princes ) , 225 End of all Earthly Glories , 186 Meditation when we go to Bed , 225 Life and Death Weighed , 187 Meditation , 226 Fear of Death , 187 Tale of Argentile and Curan , 226 Description of Ophelia's ...
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... Pleasure , LORD HERBERT , 269 Useful Studies , Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal , 270 Comforting the Afflicted , KING JAMES I. , TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE , • Sorcery and Witchcraft , 270 Real and Apparent Happiness , 271 ...
... Pleasure , LORD HERBERT , 269 Useful Studies , Sir Thomas More's Resignation of the Great Seal , 270 Comforting the Afflicted , KING JAMES I. , TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE , • Sorcery and Witchcraft , 270 Real and Apparent Happiness , 271 ...
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... Pleasure - An Ode , 359 The Thames and Windsor Forest , 322 A Country Life , 359 The Reformation - Monks and Puritans , 322 JOHN DRyden , 359 On Mr Abraham Cowley , 323 • Character of Shaftesbury , 362 On Love , Song to Morpheus ...
... Pleasure - An Ode , 359 The Thames and Windsor Forest , 322 A Country Life , 359 The Reformation - Monks and Puritans , 322 JOHN DRyden , 359 On Mr Abraham Cowley , 323 • Character of Shaftesbury , 362 On Love , Song to Morpheus ...
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