Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 - English literature |
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... saith that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk , whan he is rekkeles , Is like to a fish that is waterles ; ( This is to say , a monk out of his cloistre ) ; This ilke text he held not worth an oistre . Therfore he was a ...
... saith that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk , whan he is rekkeles , Is like to a fish that is waterles ; ( This is to say , a monk out of his cloistre ) ; This ilke text he held not worth an oistre . Therfore he was a ...
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... saith the holy Jeremie , Thou shalt swear soth12 thine oathes and not lie , And swear in doom , 13 and eke in righteousness , But idle swearing is a cursedness . These riotourés three of which I tell , Long erst14 ere primé rung of any ...
... saith the holy Jeremie , Thou shalt swear soth12 thine oathes and not lie , And swear in doom , 13 and eke in righteousness , But idle swearing is a cursedness . These riotourés three of which I tell , Long erst14 ere primé rung of any ...
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... 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 ; And to that other man he bade , And saith , that he first ax should ; For he supposeth that 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 ; And to that other man he bade , And saith , that he first ax should ; For he supposeth that he ...
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... saith Solomon , He that hasteth him too busily to wax rich , he shall be non innocent : he saith also , that the riches that hastily cometh to a man , soon and lightly goeth and passeth from a man , but that riches that cometh little ...
... saith Solomon , He that hasteth him too busily to wax rich , he shall be non innocent : he saith also , that the riches that hastily cometh to a man , soon and lightly goeth and passeth from a man , but that riches that cometh little ...
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... saith Tullius , The goods of thine house ne should not ben hid ne kept so close , but that they might ben opened by pity and debonnairety , that is to sayen , to give ' em part that han great need ; ne they goods shoulden not ben so ...
... saith Tullius , The goods of thine house ne should not ben hid ne kept so close , but that they might ben opened by pity and debonnairety , that is to sayen , to give ' em part that han great need ; ne they goods shoulden not ben so ...
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