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 26
... noble hart may haiff nane ese , Na ellys nocht that may him plese , Gyff fredome failythe : for fre liking Is yearnyt our all othir thing Na he , that ay hase levyt fre , May nocht knaw weill the propyrte , The angyr , na the wrechyt ...
... noble hart may haiff nane ese , Na ellys nocht that may him plese , Gyff fredome failythe : for fre liking Is yearnyt our all othir thing Na he , that ay hase levyt fre , May nocht knaw weill the propyrte , The angyr , na the wrechyt ...
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... noble queen , The field been clothit in a new array ; A lusty life in Lovis service been . Ne'er sweeter noise was heard with living man , Na made this merry gentle nightingale ; Her sound went with the river as it ran , Out through the ...
... noble queen , The field been clothit in a new array ; A lusty life in Lovis service been . Ne'er sweeter noise was heard with living man , Na made this merry gentle nightingale ; Her sound went with the river as it ran , Out through the ...
Page 42
... noble kings , Of them can never be quit . Next him in Dance came COVETICE , Root of all evil and grund of vice , That never could be content : Caitiffs , wretches , and ockerars , 2 Hood - pykes , 3 hoarders , and gatherers , All with ...
... noble kings , Of them can never be quit . Next him in Dance came COVETICE , Root of all evil and grund of vice , That never could be content : Caitiffs , wretches , and ockerars , 2 Hood - pykes , 3 hoarders , and gatherers , All with ...
Page 46
... noble fere ; 4 Whom in thy walls thou dost each night enclose ; To other leef , 5 but unto me most dear : Echo , alas ! that doth my sorrow rue , Returns thereto a hollow sound of plaint . Thus I alone , where all my freedom grew , In ...
... noble fere ; 4 Whom in thy walls thou dost each night enclose ; To other leef , 5 but unto me most dear : Echo , alas ! that doth my sorrow rue , Returns thereto a hollow sound of plaint . Thus I alone , where all my freedom grew , In ...
Page 62
... noble. stupid , as not to acknowledge that he feels a delight in health ? And what is delight but another name for ... noble woman Martha ( as say the doctors , entreating this gospel and her life ) was singularly to be commended and ...
... noble. stupid , as not to acknowledge that he feels a delight in health ? And what is delight but another name for ... noble woman Martha ( as say the doctors , entreating this gospel and her life ) was singularly to be commended and ...
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