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 |
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... hand . And on his bassinet he bare An hat of tyre aboon ay where ; And , thereupon , into takin , Ane high crown , that he was king . And when Gloster and Hereford were With their battle approachand near , Before them all there came ...
... hand . And on his bassinet he bare An hat of tyre aboon ay where ; And , thereupon , into takin , Ane high crown , that he was king . And when Gloster and Hereford were With their battle approachand near , Before them all there came ...
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... hand he bare . Wallace with it fast on the cheek him took , With sae gude will , while of his feet he shook . The swerd flew frae him a fur - breid on the land . Wallace was glad , and hint it soon in hand ; And with the swerd awkward ...
... hand he bare . Wallace with it fast on the cheek him took , With sae gude will , while of his feet he shook . The swerd flew frae him a fur - breid on the land . Wallace was glad , and hint it soon in hand ; And with the swerd awkward ...
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... hand : A cross he made when he saw him so stand . At Wallace in the heid he swakit there , 3 And he in haste soon hynt it by the hair , Syne out at him again he couth it cast- Intill his heart he was greatly aghast . Richt weel he ...
... hand : A cross he made when he saw him so stand . At Wallace in the heid he swakit there , 3 And he in haste soon hynt it by the hair , Syne out at him again he couth it cast- Intill his heart he was greatly aghast . Richt weel he ...
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... hand , Opened the door , and them at dinner fand . They tarried not to wash , as I suppose , But on to gae , wha micht the foremost win ; The burgess had a hole and in sho goes , Her sister had nae place to hide her in ; To see that ...
... hand , Opened the door , and them at dinner fand . They tarried not to wash , as I suppose , But on to gae , wha micht the foremost win ; The burgess had a hole and in sho goes , Her sister had nae place to hide her in ; To see that ...
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... hand The governance of all Scotland : As quha wald , in ane stormie blast , Quhen marinaris been all agast , Throw danger of the seis rage , Wald tak ane child of tender age , Quhilk never had bin on the sey , And gar his bidding all ...
... hand The governance of all Scotland : As quha wald , in ane stormie blast , Quhen marinaris been all agast , Throw danger of the seis rage , Wald tak ane child of tender age , Quhilk never had bin on the sey , And gar his bidding all ...
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