Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... Lady mine Creseide , Livin ye yet ? And let his sword doune glide , Ye , hertè mine , that thankid be Cupide , Quoth she and therwithall she sorè sight ( c ) And he began to glad her as he might . Toke her in armis two , and kist her ...
... Lady mine Creseide , Livin ye yet ? And let his sword doune glide , Ye , hertè mine , that thankid be Cupide , Quoth she and therwithall she sorè sight ( c ) And he began to glad her as he might . Toke her in armis two , and kist her ...
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... Lady of the Lake , must , in all probability , have seen the effusion preserved by the venerable types of Caxton or de Worde . Mary Moder , wel thou bee , Mary Moder , thenke on me ; Mayden and Moder was neuer none Togeder , lady , saf ...
... Lady of the Lake , must , in all probability , have seen the effusion preserved by the venerable types of Caxton or de Worde . Mary Moder , wel thou bee , Mary Moder , thenke on me ; Mayden and Moder was neuer none Togeder , lady , saf ...
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... lady , schilde thou me , And oute of dette for charittee . Swete lady , Mayden mylde , From alle fomen thou me schilde , That the feende me not dere Swete lade , thou me weere Both be daye and be night Helpe me lady with alle thy might ...
... lady , schilde thou me , And oute of dette for charittee . Swete lady , Mayden mylde , From alle fomen thou me schilde , That the feende me not dere Swete lade , thou me weere Both be daye and be night Helpe me lady with alle thy might ...
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... lady's fist . Four trumps tofore her blew ; * * * * All the town be - hanged was , Against the lady Olympias . Orgues , chymbes , each manner glee , ( c ) Was drynan ( d ) ayen ( e ) that lady free . Withouten the town's murey ( ƒ ) Was ...
... lady's fist . Four trumps tofore her blew ; * * * * All the town be - hanged was , Against the lady Olympias . Orgues , chymbes , each manner glee , ( c ) Was drynan ( d ) ayen ( e ) that lady free . Withouten the town's murey ( ƒ ) Was ...
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... Lady of Walsingham , one of the richest in England , is thus mentioned by Longlande in the Plowman's Visions : - " Hermets on a heape with beaked staves , Wenten to Walsingham , and their wenches after . " This shrine is the scene of ...
... Lady of Walsingham , one of the richest in England , is thus mentioned by Longlande in the Plowman's Visions : - " Hermets on a heape with beaked staves , Wenten to Walsingham , and their wenches after . " This shrine is the scene of ...
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