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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... 275 Death , 301 Upon Occasion of a Red - breast coming into his Chamber , 275 Study of God's Works , 201 Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire , 275 Ghosts , 1508 • Page Pags Of Myself , 302 Sonnet on his own CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME .
... 275 Death , 301 Upon Occasion of a Red - breast coming into his Chamber , 275 Study of God's Works , 201 Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire , 275 Ghosts , 1508 • Page Pags Of Myself , 302 Sonnet on his own CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME .
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... breast of Arcite , and the sore Encreaseth at his hearte more and more . The clottered blood for any leche - craft13 Corrupteth , and is in his bouk14 ylaft , That neither veine - blood ne ventousing , 15 Ne drink of herbes may be his ...
... breast of Arcite , and the sore Encreaseth at his hearte more and more . The clottered blood for any leche - craft13 Corrupteth , and is in his bouk14 ylaft , That neither veine - blood ne ventousing , 15 Ne drink of herbes may be his ...
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... breast adown Is shent with venom and corruption . He gaineth neither , for to get his life , Vomit upward ne downward laxative : All is to - bursten thilke region ; Nature hath now no domination : And certainly where nature will not ...
... breast adown Is shent with venom and corruption . He gaineth neither , for to get his life , Vomit upward ne downward laxative : All is to - bursten thilke region ; Nature hath now no domination : And certainly where nature will not ...
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... breast , yourself t ' assure , A mighty shield of doubleness . [ Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed . ] Fly from the press , and dwell with sothfastness ; 10 Sufice unto thy goodil though it be small ; For hoard hath hate ...
... breast , yourself t ' assure , A mighty shield of doubleness . [ Last Verses of Chaucer , written on his Deathbed . ] Fly from the press , and dwell with sothfastness ; 10 Sufice unto thy goodil though it be small ; For hoard hath hate ...
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... breast , The sweet accord such sleeps as yet delight , The pleasant dreams , the quiet bed of rest : The secret thoughts imparted with such trust , The wanton talk , the divers change of play , The friendship sworn , each promise kept ...
... breast , The sweet accord such sleeps as yet delight , The pleasant dreams , the quiet bed of rest : The secret thoughts imparted with such trust , The wanton talk , the divers change of play , The friendship sworn , each promise kept ...
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