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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... breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she tasteth costly food . Hunsdon did first present her to mine een : Bright is her hue , and Geraldine ...
... breast ; Her sire , an earl ; her dame of princes ' blood : From tender years , in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she tasteth costly food . Hunsdon did first present her to mine een : Bright is her hue , and Geraldine ...
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... breast . That would not cease , but cried still , in sucking at She was full weary of her watch , and grieved with her child , She rocked it , and rated it , until on her it smil'd ; Then did she say , ' Now have I found the proverb ...
... breast . That would not cease , but cried still , in sucking at She was full weary of her watch , and grieved with her child , She rocked it , and rated it , until on her it smil'd ; Then did she say , ' Now have I found the proverb ...
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... breast , and , therewithal , pale Death Enthirling it , to rieve her of her breata : And , by and by , a dumb dead corpse we saw , Heavy , and cold , the shape of Death aright , That daunts all earthly creatures to his law , Against ...
... breast , and , therewithal , pale Death Enthirling it , to rieve her of her breata : And , by and by , a dumb dead corpse we saw , Heavy , and cold , the shape of Death aright , That daunts all earthly creatures to his law , Against ...
Page 85
... breast up - till a thorn ; And there sung the dolefull'st ditty , That to hear it was great pity . Fie , fie , fie , now would she cry ; Teru , teru , by and by ; That , to hear her so complain , Scarce I could from tears refrain ; For ...
... breast up - till a thorn ; And there sung the dolefull'st ditty , That to hear it was great pity . Fie , fie , fie , now would she cry ; Teru , teru , by and by ; That , to hear her so complain , Scarce I could from tears refrain ; For ...
Page 89
... breast a bloody cross he bore , The dear remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as living ) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored , For sovereign hope , which ...
... breast a bloody cross he bore , The dear remembrance of his dying Lord , For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore , And dead ( as living ) ever him adored : Upon his shield the like was also scored , For sovereign hope , which ...
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