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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... [ Praise of Good Women . ] ( From the Handling of Sins . ) Nothing is to man so dear As woman's love in good manner . A good woman is man's bliss , Where her love right and stedfast is . There is no solace under heaven , Of all that a man ...
... [ Praise of Good Women . ] ( From the Handling of Sins . ) Nothing is to man so dear As woman's love in good manner . A good woman is man's bliss , Where her love right and stedfast is . There is no solace under heaven , Of all that a man ...
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... book of the Æneid . Furth of his palace royal ishit Phoebus , With golden. 44 FROM 1400 TO 1558 . CYCLOPEDIA OF GAVIN DOUGLAS, Praise of Good Women, ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, 8 Apostrophe to Honour, 8 Morning in May,
... book of the Æneid . Furth of his palace royal ishit Phoebus , With golden. 44 FROM 1400 TO 1558 . CYCLOPEDIA OF GAVIN DOUGLAS, Praise of Good Women, ENGLISH METRICAL ROMANCES, 8 Apostrophe to Honour, 8 Morning in May,
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... praise , Recording oft what grace each one had found , What hope of speed what dread of long delays : The wild forest , the clothed holts with green , With reins availed3 and swift ybreathed horse ; With cry of hounds and merry blasts ...
... praise , Recording oft what grace each one had found , What hope of speed what dread of long delays : The wild forest , the clothed holts with green , With reins availed3 and swift ybreathed horse ; With cry of hounds and merry blasts ...
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... Praise of his Love Geraldine . From Tuscan ' came my lady's worthy race ; Fair Florence was some time their ancient seat ; The western isle , whose pleasant shore doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat : Fostered she ...
... Praise of his Love Geraldine . From Tuscan ' came my lady's worthy race ; Fair Florence was some time their ancient seat ; The western isle , whose pleasant shore doth face Wild Camber's cliffs , did give her lively heat : Fostered she ...
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... Praise of his ( the Poet's ) Lady . Give place , you ladies , and be gone . Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one , Whose face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I ...
... Praise of his ( the Poet's ) Lady . Give place , you ladies , and be gone . Boast not yourselves at all ! For here at hand approacheth one , Whose face will stain you all ! The virtue of her lively looks Excels the precious stone : I ...
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