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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... hand approacheth one , Whose face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you ...
... hand approacheth one , Whose face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I wish to have none other books To read or look upon . In each of her two crystal eyes Smileth a naked boy : It would you ...
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... hands king Henry VI . , being prisoner in the Tower . [ The Utopian Idea of Pleasure . ] ( From Bishop Burnet's ... hand of THOMAS MORE . [ Character of Richard III . ] those whom he has so obliged , gives the mind more pleasure ...
... hands king Henry VI . , being prisoner in the Tower . [ The Utopian Idea of Pleasure . ] ( From Bishop Burnet's ... hand of THOMAS MORE . [ Character of Richard III . ] those whom he has so obliged , gives the mind more pleasure ...
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... hand a spear or morrispike by the ends , specially crossing the hands , and to lay them down again in their places ; these do exercise the back and loins . Of the bulk [ chest ] and lungs , the proper exer- cise is moving of the breath ...
... hand a spear or morrispike by the ends , specially crossing the hands , and to lay them down again in their places ; these do exercise the back and loins . Of the bulk [ chest ] and lungs , the proper exer- cise is moving of the breath ...
Page 69
... hands . ' 6 Then said William , ' Son of God , shine upon me ! ' and immediately the sun in the element shone out of a dark ... hand , who said , William , think on the holy passion of Christ , and be not afraid of death . ' And William ...
... hands . ' 6 Then said William , ' Son of God , shine upon me ! ' and immediately the sun in the element shone out of a dark ... hand , who said , William , think on the holy passion of Christ , and be not afraid of death . ' And William ...
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... hand their glasses , to see if any thing be amiss , and so will amend it ; yet the commonwealth , having the glass of knowledge in every man's hand , doth see such uncomeliness in it , and yet winketh at it . This fault , and many such ...
... hand their glasses , to see if any thing be amiss , and so will amend it ; yet the commonwealth , having the glass of knowledge in every man's hand , doth see such uncomeliness in it , and yet winketh at it . This fault , and many such ...
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