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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... played at , wither - games , Sax . ( games of emula . tion ) , that is , justed . 12 Some they on field played under shield ; that is , fought ... play . " This lasted three days , ANGLO - SAΛΟΝ WRITERS , LAYAMON . ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... played at , wither - games , Sax . ( games of emula . tion ) , that is , justed . 12 Some they on field played under shield ; that is , fought ... play . " This lasted three days , ANGLO - SAΛΟΝ WRITERS , LAYAMON . ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... play . " This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? • And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . * Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
... play . " This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? • And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . * Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
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... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
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... play at dice both day and night , And eat also and drinken o'er their might , Through which they do the devil sacrifice , Within the devil's temple ' , in cursed wise , By superfluity abominable . Their oathes been so great and so ...
... play at dice both day and night , And eat also and drinken o'er their might , Through which they do the devil sacrifice , Within the devil's temple ' , in cursed wise , By superfluity abominable . Their oathes been so great and so ...
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... play . tressure hath Fortune unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , An Hightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ly ! G ddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 -lay that we should have so fair a grace ? 3 a might this gold ...
... play . tressure hath Fortune unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , An Hightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ly ! G ddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 -lay that we should have so fair a grace ? 3 a might this gold ...
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