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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... present age , were forty - four in number ; and it is related that he dic- tated to his amanu- ensis , and com- pleted a book , on the very day of his death . Almost all the writings of these men were in Latin , which renders it less ...
... present age , were forty - four in number ; and it is related that he dic- tated to his amanu- ensis , and com- pleted a book , on the very day of his death . Almost all the writings of these men were in Latin , which renders it less ...
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A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical History Robert Chambers. Alle tha quenel The icumen weoren there , And alle tha lafdies , Leoneden ...
A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical History Robert Chambers. Alle tha quenel The icumen weoren there , And alle tha lafdies , Leoneden ...
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... present life now here Nothing abideth in his fairness , Save women aye be found entere , 7 And devoid of all doubleness . The sea eke with his sterné wawes8 Each day yfloweth new again , And by the concourse of his lawes The ebbe ...
... present life now here Nothing abideth in his fairness , Save women aye be found entere , 7 And devoid of all doubleness . The sea eke with his sterné wawes8 Each day yfloweth new again , And by the concourse of his lawes The ebbe ...
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A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical History Robert Chambers. Follow on pity , flee trouble and debate , With famous folkis hald thy ...
A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical History Robert Chambers. Follow on pity , flee trouble and debate , With famous folkis hald thy ...
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A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a ... presents a metaphorical view of human life . But the most remarkable production of this author was a translation of ...
A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a ... presents a metaphorical view of human life . But the most remarkable production of this author was a translation of ...
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