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 33
... thing . There is a vale between the mountains , that dureth nigh a four mile . And some clepen it the Vale En- chanted , some clepen it the Vale of Devils , and some clepen it the Vale Perilous ; in that vale hearen5 men oftentime great ...
... thing . There is a vale between the mountains , that dureth nigh a four mile . And some clepen it the Vale En- chanted , some clepen it the Vale of Devils , and some clepen it the Vale Perilous ; in that vale hearen5 men oftentime great ...
Page 58
... thing , as ready to your pleasure as that ; and with that in all haste he sent his servant for a dish of strawberries . The Protector set the lords fast in communing , and thereupon prayed them to spare him a little ; and so he departed ...
... thing , as ready to your pleasure as that ; and with that in all haste he sent his servant for a dish of strawberries . The Protector set the lords fast in communing , and thereupon prayed them to spare him a little ; and so he departed ...
Page 61
... things may create some tickling in the senses ( which seems to be a true notion of pleasure ) , yet they reckon that this does not arise from the thing itself , but from a depraved custom , which may so vitiate a man's taste , that ...
... things may create some tickling in the senses ( which seems to be a true notion of pleasure ) , yet they reckon that this does not arise from the thing itself , but from a depraved custom , which may so vitiate a man's taste , that ...
Page 62
... things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to be carried off by such bitter drugs , as we must use for ...
... things that are necessary for our preservation are likewise made pleasant to us . For how miserable a thing would life be , if those daily diseases of hunger and thirst were to be carried off by such bitter drugs , as we must use for ...
Page 63
... thing that might dishonest any noblewoman , or dis- tain her honour in any condition . Frivolous things that were little to be regarded , she would let pass by , but the other that were of weight and substance , wherein she might profit ...
... thing that might dishonest any noblewoman , or dis- tain her honour in any condition . Frivolous things that were little to be regarded , she would let pass by , but the other that were of weight and substance , wherein she might profit ...
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