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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... King of Tars , Extract from the Squire of Low Degree , IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS OF CHAUCER , What is in Heaven , ROBERT LANGLAND , Extracts from Pierce Plowman , GEOFFREY CHAUCER , Select Characters from the Canterbury Pilgrimage ...
... King of Tars , Extract from the Squire of Low Degree , IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS OF CHAUCER , What is in Heaven , ROBERT LANGLAND , Extracts from Pierce Plowman , GEOFFREY CHAUCER , Select Characters from the Canterbury Pilgrimage ...
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... KING , On my dear Son , Gervase Beaumont , Song- ( Dry those fair , those crystal eyes ) , Sic Vita , The Dirge , FRANCIS BEAUMONT , Letter to Ben Jonson , On the Tombs in Westminster , THOMAS CAREW , The Votaress of Diana , 115 WILLIAM ...
... KING , On my dear Son , Gervase Beaumont , Song- ( Dry those fair , those crystal eyes ) , Sic Vita , The Dirge , FRANCIS BEAUMONT , Letter to Ben Jonson , On the Tombs in Westminster , THOMAS CAREW , The Votaress of Diana , 115 WILLIAM ...
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... King Stephen ded , and bebyried there his wif and his sune wæron bebyried æt of the History of England just alluded ... king was ded , tha was the eorl beionde sæ . And ne durste nan man don other bute god for the micel eie of him ...
... King Stephen ded , and bebyried there his wif and his sune wæron bebyried æt of the History of England just alluded ... king was ded , tha was the eorl beionde sæ . And ne durste nan man don other bute god for the micel eie of him ...
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... king gon to spekene3 And agaf his gode cnihten All heore rihten ; 4 He gef seolver , he gæf gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clæthes eke ; His monnen he iquende.5 [ Extract from a Charter of Henry III . , A. D. 1258 , in ...
... king gon to spekene3 And agaf his gode cnihten All heore rihten ; 4 He gef seolver , he gæf gold , He gef hors , he gef lond , Castles , and clæthes eke ; His monnen he iquende.5 [ Extract from a Charter of Henry III . , A. D. 1258 , in ...
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... king and knig And as they were best in glading , And well cup - shotten , knight and king , Of chamber Rowenen so gent , Before the king in hall she went . A cup with wine she had in hand , And her attire was well farand.2 Before the king ...
... king and knig And as they were best in glading , And well cup - shotten , knight and king , Of chamber Rowenen so gent , Before the king in hall she went . A cup with wine she had in hand , And her attire was well farand.2 Before the king ...
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