A Compendious History of English Literature and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: with Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Griffin, Bohn, 1861 - English language |
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... head , or , at most , of the senses - the gallantry , it is easy to see , that merely of a fellow of a college and a reader of Ovid . Randolph died under thirty in 1634 , and his poems were first collected after his death by his brother ...
... head , or , at most , of the senses - the gallantry , it is easy to see , that merely of a fellow of a college and a reader of Ovid . Randolph died under thirty in 1634 , and his poems were first collected after his death by his brother ...
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... head , and then she hath a middle : As her waist stands she looks like the new fiddle , The favourite Theorbo , truth to tell ye , Whose neck and throat are deeper than the belly . Have you seen monkeys chained about the loins , Or ...
... head , and then she hath a middle : As her waist stands she looks like the new fiddle , The favourite Theorbo , truth to tell ye , Whose neck and throat are deeper than the belly . Have you seen monkeys chained about the loins , Or ...
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... in illustration of this popular notion from " a rare book entitled Recreation for Ingenious Head Pieces , & c . , 8vo . Lon . 1667. " Her lips were red , and one was thin Compared 20 20 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
... in illustration of this popular notion from " a rare book entitled Recreation for Ingenious Head Pieces , & c . , 8vo . Lon . 1667. " Her lips were red , and one was thin Compared 20 20 ENGLISH LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE .
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... head Cuts the entail off from the streams , And brooks are disinherited ; Honour and beauty are mere dreams , Since Charles and Mary lost their beams . Criminal valours ! who commit Your gallantry ; 2 whose paan brings A psalm of mercy ...
... head Cuts the entail off from the streams , And brooks are disinherited ; Honour and beauty are mere dreams , Since Charles and Mary lost their beams . Criminal valours ! who commit Your gallantry ; 2 whose paan brings A psalm of mercy ...
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... head . Charles of Great Britain ! He ! who was the known King of three realms , lies murdered in his own . He ! he ! who Faith's Defender lived and stood , 1 Died here to rebaptize it in his blood . No more ! no more ! Fame's trump ...
... head . Charles of Great Britain ! He ! who was the known King of three realms , lies murdered in his own . He ! he ! who Faith's Defender lived and stood , 1 Died here to rebaptize it in his blood . No more ! no more ! Fame's trump ...
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