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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... write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time for him ...
... write : So hote he loved , that by nightertale ? He slep no more than doth the nightingale : Curteis he was , lowly and servisable ; And carf before his fader at the table . A Yeman hadde he ; and servantes no mo At that time for him ...
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... write , Towards her golden hair and rich attire , In fretwise couchit1 with pearlis white And great balas leaming as ... writer are entitled , The History of Thebes , The Fall of Princes , and The Destruction of Troy . He had ...
... write , Towards her golden hair and rich attire , In fretwise couchit1 with pearlis white And great balas leaming as ... writer are entitled , The History of Thebes , The Fall of Princes , and The Destruction of Troy . He had ...
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... write , Of merry Margaret , As midsimmer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still , And as full of goodwill , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good Cassander ; Stedfast of thought , Well ...
... write , Of merry Margaret , As midsimmer flower , Gentle as falcon Or hawk of the tower ; As patient and as still , And as full of goodwill , As fair Isiphil , Coliander , Sweet Pomander , Good Cassander ; Stedfast of thought , Well ...
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... write two ages past , The third now coming in . Hang up , therefore , the bit Of thy young wanton time ; And thou that therein beaten art , The happiest life define : Whereat I sighed , and said , Farewell my wonted joy , Truss up thy ...
... write two ages past , The third now coming in . Hang up , therefore , the bit Of thy young wanton time ; And thou that therein beaten art , The happiest life define : Whereat I sighed , and said , Farewell my wonted joy , Truss up thy ...
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... write . Praying you all that this do read , To trust it as you do your creed ; And not to think I change my weed , For I am as I am , however I speed . But how that is I leave to you ; Judge as ye list , false or true , Ye know no more ...
... write . Praying you all that this do read , To trust it as you do your creed ; And not to think I change my weed , For I am as I am , however I speed . But how that is I leave to you ; Judge as ye list , false or true , Ye know no more ...
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