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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... Poor Country Widow , The Death of Arcite , 1 3 4 KING JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND , 4 Second Period . FROM 1400 το 1558 . POETS . James I. , a Prisoner in Windsor , first sees Lady Jane Beaufort , who afterwards was his Queen , 5 JOHN LYDGATE ...
... Poor Country Widow , The Death of Arcite , 1 3 4 KING JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND , 4 Second Period . FROM 1400 το 1558 . POETS . James I. , a Prisoner in Windsor , first sees Lady Jane Beaufort , who afterwards was his Queen , 5 JOHN LYDGATE ...
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... Poor Country Widow . ] A poore widow , somedeal stoop'n in age , Was whilom dwelling in a narwé cottage Beside a grove standing in a dale . This widow , which I tell you of my Tale , Since thilke day that she was last a wife , In ...
... Poor Country Widow . ] A poore widow , somedeal stoop'n in age , Was whilom dwelling in a narwé cottage Beside a grove standing in a dale . This widow , which I tell you of my Tale , Since thilke day that she was last a wife , In ...
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... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
... poor - the parson of a town . But rich he was in holy thought and work ; And thereto a right learned man ; a clerk That Christ's pure gospel would sincerely preach , And his parishioners devoutly teach . Benign he was , and wondrous ...
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... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
... poor , farewell friendship and fellowship , for thou shalt be all alone withouten any company , but if it be the company of poor folk . And yet saith this Pamphilus , moreover , that they that ben bond and thrall of liniage shuln be ...
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... Poor claggocks5 clad in Raploch white , Whilk has scant twa merks for their fees , Will have twa ells beneath their knees . Kittock that cleckit 6 was yestreen , The morn , will counterfeit the queen . In barn nor byre she will not bide ...
... Poor claggocks5 clad in Raploch white , Whilk has scant twa merks for their fees , Will have twa ells beneath their knees . Kittock that cleckit 6 was yestreen , The morn , will counterfeit the queen . In barn nor byre she will not bide ...
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