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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... side ; On fair ambuland horse they set , That were all white , fair , and great ; And everich one ride on side . The saddles were of such a pride , So rich saw she never none ; With pearls and gold so well begone , In kirtles and in ...
... side ; On fair ambuland horse they set , That were all white , fair , and great ; And everich one ride on side . The saddles were of such a pride , So rich saw she never none ; With pearls and gold so well begone , In kirtles and in ...
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... side men micht then see 1 Haste . 2 Openly , clearly . 3 They sprang forward at once , against each other , in a line . 6 Destruction . 7 Lamented 4 Reached . 5 Earth . 8 Sir Ingram D'Umphraville . 9 Fear of death . Mony a wicht man and ...
... side men micht then see 1 Haste . 2 Openly , clearly . 3 They sprang forward at once , against each other , in a line . 6 Destruction . 7 Lamented 4 Reached . 5 Earth . 8 Sir Ingram D'Umphraville . 9 Fear of death . Mony a wicht man and ...
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... side ; And Englishmen , with mickle pride , That were intill their avaward , 1 To the battle that Sir Edward2 ... side by side , fechting weel near , The van of the English army . * 2 Edward Bruce . 8 That were without or out of the ...
... side ; And Englishmen , with mickle pride , That were intill their avaward , 1 To the battle that Sir Edward2 ... side by side , fechting weel near , The van of the English army . * 2 Edward Bruce . 8 That were without or out of the ...
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... side full fast on him they dang , Great peril was gif they had lasted lang . Upon the head in great ire he strak ane ; The shearand swerd glade to the collar bane . Ane other on the arm he hit so hardily , While hand and swerd baith in ...
... side full fast on him they dang , Great peril was gif they had lasted lang . Upon the head in great ire he strak ane ; The shearand swerd glade to the collar bane . Ane other on the arm he hit so hardily , While hand and swerd baith in ...
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... side , His fallow Stephen than thoucht no time to bide . The fray was great , and fast away they yede , Laigh toward Earn ; thus scapit they of dreid . Butler for woe of weeping micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude knickt they ...
... side , His fallow Stephen than thoucht no time to bide . The fray was great , and fast away they yede , Laigh toward Earn ; thus scapit they of dreid . Butler for woe of weeping micht not stint , Thus recklessly this gude knickt they ...
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