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 18
... ther with us in that place , That hadde a fire - red cherubinnes face , With scalled browes blake , and pilled berd : Of his visage children were sore aferd . Ther n'as quicksilver , litarge , ne brimston , Boras , ceruse , ne oile of ...
... ther with us in that place , That hadde a fire - red cherubinnes face , With scalled browes blake , and pilled berd : Of his visage children were sore aferd . Ther n'as quicksilver , litarge , ne brimston , Boras , ceruse , ne oile of ...
Page 36
... ther created or brought into exercise by such cir- cumstances . The rise of such men is the accident of nature , and whole ages may pass without produc- ing them . From the death of Chaucer in 1400 , nearly two hundred years elapsed in ...
... ther created or brought into exercise by such cir- cumstances . The rise of such men is the accident of nature , and whole ages may pass without produc- ing them . From the death of Chaucer in 1400 , nearly two hundred years elapsed in ...
Page 54
... ther be hangid in Fraunce for such cause of crime in vij yers , & c . ] It is cowardice and lack of hearts and courage , that keepeth the Frenchmen from rising , and not poverty ; which courage no French man hath like to the English man ...
... ther be hangid in Fraunce for such cause of crime in vij yers , & c . ] It is cowardice and lack of hearts and courage , that keepeth the Frenchmen from rising , and not poverty ; which courage no French man hath like to the English man ...
Page 64
... ther , much walking ; in hot weather rest is more ex- pedient . They which seem to have moist bodies , and live in idleness , they have need of violent exercise . They which are lean and choleric must walk softly , and exercise themself ...
... ther , much walking ; in hot weather rest is more ex- pedient . They which seem to have moist bodies , and live in idleness , they have need of violent exercise . They which are lean and choleric must walk softly , and exercise themself ...
Page 72
... ther syndry soundis hed nothir temperance nor tune . For fyrst furtht on the fresche fieldis the nolt maid noyis vitht mony loud lou . Baytht horse and meyris did fast nee , and the folis neckyr . The bullis began to bullir , quhen the ...
... ther syndry soundis hed nothir temperance nor tune . For fyrst furtht on the fresche fieldis the nolt maid noyis vitht mony loud lou . Baytht horse and meyris did fast nee , and the folis neckyr . The bullis began to bullir , quhen the ...
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