A Compendious History of English Literature, and of the English Language, from the Norman Conquest: With Numerous Specimens, Volume 2Charles Griffin & Company, 1871 - English language |
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... thee ? At a village near Loughborough our travellers were obliged to procure a guide to conduct them through the intricacies of that unknown country to Bosworth ; and next morning the landlord of the inn in which they passed the night ...
... thee ? At a village near Loughborough our travellers were obliged to procure a guide to conduct them through the intricacies of that unknown country to Bosworth ; and next morning the landlord of the inn in which they passed the night ...
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... thee ; And , as these flowers , thy joys shall die , Even in the twinkling of an eye ; And all thy hopes of her shall wither , Like these short sweets thus knit together . " This may seem sufficiently artificial , and no doubt is so ...
... thee ; And , as these flowers , thy joys shall die , Even in the twinkling of an eye ; And all thy hopes of her shall wither , Like these short sweets thus knit together . " This may seem sufficiently artificial , and no doubt is so ...
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... thee , Dick , where I have been , Where I the rarest things have seen : Oh things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ...
... thee , Dick , where I have been , Where I the rarest things have seen : Oh things without compare ! Such sights again cannot be found In any place on English ground , Be it at wake or fair . At Charing Cross , hard by the way Where we ...
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... thee ; 1 We still use the term commit only in connection with something wrong , as tc commit a crime , or an error ; but it is applied much more extensively by our old writers , though also always in a bad sense . 2 This may be compared ...
... thee ; 1 We still use the term commit only in connection with something wrong , as tc commit a crime , or an error ; but it is applied much more extensively by our old writers , though also always in a bad sense . 2 This may be compared ...
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... thee in rhyme ; So that in metre we had heard it said , Poetic dust is to poetic laid ; And though , that dust being Shakespeare's , thou might'st have , Not his room , but the poet for thy grave ; So that , as thou didst prince of ...
... thee in rhyme ; So that in metre we had heard it said , Poetic dust is to poetic laid ; And though , that dust being Shakespeare's , thou might'st have , Not his room , but the poet for thy grave ; So that , as thou didst prince of ...
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