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 54
... hath like to the English man . It hath ben often seen in Englond that iij or iv thefes , for povertie , hath sett upon vij or viij true men , and robbyd them al . But it hath not ben seen in Fraunce , that vij or viij thefes have ben ...
... hath like to the English man . It hath ben often seen in Englond that iij or iv thefes , for povertie , hath sett upon vij or viij true men , and robbyd them al . But it hath not ben seen in Fraunce , that vij or viij thefes have ben ...
Page 67
... hath given this gift of printing to the earth , and to what great utility and necessity it serveth , it is not hard to judge , who so wisely perpendeth both the time of the sending , and the sequel which thereof ensueth . And first ...
... hath given this gift of printing to the earth , and to what great utility and necessity it serveth , it is not hard to judge , who so wisely perpendeth both the time of the sending , and the sequel which thereof ensueth . And first ...
Page 74
... hath done to me greate thinges , and blessed ys his name : And hys mercy is always on them that feare him thorow ... hath shewed strengthe with his arme ; he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes . He ...
... hath done to me greate thinges , and blessed ys his name : And hys mercy is always on them that feare him thorow ... hath shewed strengthe with his arme ; he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes . He ...
Page 81
... hath begun To spread his light e'en peeping in our eyes , But he is up , and to his work yrun ; But let the night's black misty mantles rise , And with foul dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But ...
... hath begun To spread his light e'en peeping in our eyes , But he is up , and to his work yrun ; But let the night's black misty mantles rise , And with foul dark never so much disguise The fair bright day , yet ceaseth he no while , But ...
Page 96
... hath some ; who most , hath never all . Love's Servile Lot . She shroudeth vice in virtue's veil , Pretending good in ill ; She offereth joy , but bringeth grief ; A kiss where she doth kill . A honey shower rains from her lips , Sweet ...
... hath some ; who most , hath never all . Love's Servile Lot . She shroudeth vice in virtue's veil , Pretending good in ill ; She offereth joy , but bringeth grief ; A kiss where she doth kill . A honey shower rains from her lips , Sweet ...
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