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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... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 Episode of Rosiphele , JOHN BARBOUR , An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , JOHN GOWER , The Envious Man and the Miser , Apostrophe to ...
... sing of his Lady's unkindness , 47 Episode of Rosiphele , JOHN BARBOUR , An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women , Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed , JOHN GOWER , The Envious Man and the Miser , Apostrophe to ...
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... sing in turn . On one of these * Biographia Britannica Literaria : Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. 1 occasions , it happened to be Cædmon's turn to keep. 1 First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 ANGLO-SAXON WRITERS,
... sing in turn . On one of these * Biographia Britannica Literaria : Anglo - Saxon Period . By Thomas Wright , M.A. 1 occasions , it happened to be Cædmon's turn to keep. 1 First Period FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 ANGLO-SAXON WRITERS,
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... sing ? " said Cædmon . " Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cædmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - Maistre Wace also composed a History of the ...
... sing ? " said Cædmon . " Sing the Creation , " was the reply , and thereupon Cædmon began to sing verses " which he had never heard before , " and which are said to have been as follows : - Maistre Wace also composed a History of the ...
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... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight.9 Your censors shall be of gold , Indent with azure many a ...
... sing as does the nightingale . Then shall ye go to your even song , With tenors and trebles among . Threescore of copes of damask bright , Full of pearls they shall be pight.9 Your censors shall be of gold , Indent with azure many a ...
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... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The ...
... sing , When that she heareth any herdes tale , Or in the hedges any wight stirring , And after , sicker , doth her voice outring ; Right so Cresseide , when that her dread stent , Opened her heart , and told him her intent . The ...
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