Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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Page 38
... grace they wuish and went to meat , On every dish that cookmen can divine , Mutton and beef stricken out in telyies grit ; Ane lordis fare thus can they counterfeit , Except ane thing - they drank the water clear Instead of wine , but ...
... grace they wuish and went to meat , On every dish that cookmen can divine , Mutton and beef stricken out in telyies grit ; Ane lordis fare thus can they counterfeit , Except ane thing - they drank the water clear Instead of wine , but ...
Page 41
... grace ; Of beauty , bounty , riches , time , or space , And every gudeness that been to come or gone The thank redounds to him in every place : All love is lost , but upon God alone . O Nightingale ! it were a story nice , That love ...
... grace ; Of beauty , bounty , riches , time , or space , And every gudeness that been to come or gone The thank redounds to him in every place : All love is lost , but upon God alone . O Nightingale ! it were a story nice , That love ...
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... grace , His purgatory he finds in every place , Dame Nature's menstrals , on that other part , Their blissful lay intoning every art , And all small fowlis singis on the spray , Welcome the lord of licht , and lampe of day , Welcome ...
... grace , His purgatory he finds in every place , Dame Nature's menstrals , on that other part , Their blissful lay intoning every art , And all small fowlis singis on the spray , Welcome the lord of licht , and lampe of day , Welcome ...
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... grace and elevation of true poetry . At length a worthy successor of those poets appeared in Thomas Howard , eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk , and usually denominated the EARL OF SURREY . This nobleman was born in 1516. He was ...
... grace and elevation of true poetry . At length a worthy successor of those poets appeared in Thomas Howard , eldest son of the Duke of Norfolk , and usually denominated the EARL OF SURREY . This nobleman was born in 1516. He was ...
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... grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye should mak , Baith through the land and burrowstouns , To shaw their face and cut their gowns . Women will say , this is nae bourds , 3 To write sic vile and filthy words ; But wald they clenge ...
... grace my counsel tak , Ane proclamation ye should mak , Baith through the land and burrowstouns , To shaw their face and cut their gowns . Women will say , this is nae bourds , 3 To write sic vile and filthy words ; But wald they clenge ...
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