Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 102
... wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant , and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight , and did rise and sing , as if it had learned music and motion from an angel as he passed ...
... wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant , and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight , and did rise and sing , as if it had learned music and motion from an angel as he passed ...
Page 122
... wings and a drone - pipe . Your livelihood is a universal plunder upon nature ; a free- booter over fields and gardens ; and , for the sake of stealing , will rob a nettle as easily as a violet . Whereas I am a domestic animal ...
... wings and a drone - pipe . Your livelihood is a universal plunder upon nature ; a free- booter over fields and gardens ; and , for the sake of stealing , will rob a nettle as easily as a violet . Whereas I am a domestic animal ...
Page 199
... wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary . Wi ' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu ' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again , We tore oursels asunder ; But , O ! fell ...
... wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary . Wi ' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu ' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again , We tore oursels asunder ; But , O ! fell ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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