Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History ...Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1871 |
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... afterwards was his Queen , 37 5 JOHN LYDGATE , 87 5 Description of a Sylvan Retreat , 38 The London Lyckpenny , 38 ROBERT HENRYSON , 38 5 Dinner given by the Town Mouse to the Country Mouse , 38 From the Moral , 39 6 The Garment of Good ...
... afterwards was his Queen , 37 5 JOHN LYDGATE , 87 5 Description of a Sylvan Retreat , 38 The London Lyckpenny , 38 ROBERT HENRYSON , 38 5 Dinner given by the Town Mouse to the Country Mouse , 38 From the Moral , 39 6 The Garment of Good ...
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... afterwards , the earth for men , the almighty master ! Cædmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versifica- tion . In the morning ...
... afterwards , the earth for men , the almighty master ! Cædmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines which he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versifica- tion . In the morning ...
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... afterwards lichaman & sawle athwean franı eallum synnum , body and soul wash from all sin , dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly might . Cynewulf , bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , arch- bishop of York , and some others , bring down ...
... afterwards lichaman & sawle athwean franı eallum synnum , body and soul wash from all sin , dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly might . Cynewulf , bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , arch- bishop of York , and some others , bring down ...
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... afterward thilk name lose . Other lack had he nought , but he was not well long ; He was quaint of counsel and ... afterwards translated a French chro- nicle of England , which had been written by Peter de Langtoft , a contemporary ...
... afterward thilk name lose . Other lack had he nought , but he was not well long ; He was quaint of counsel and ... afterwards translated a French chro- nicle of England , which had been written by Peter de Langtoft , a contemporary ...
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... afterwards to Holland . He ventured to return in 1386 , but was thrown into the Tower , and deprived of his comp- trollership . In May 1388 , he obtained leave to dis- pose of his two patents of twenty marks each ; a measure prompted ...
... afterwards to Holland . He ventured to return in 1386 , but was thrown into the Tower , and deprived of his comp- trollership . In May 1388 , he obtained leave to dis- pose of his two patents of twenty marks each ; a measure prompted ...
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