Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 |
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... write sic vile and filthy words ; But wald they clenge their filthy tails , Whilk over the mires and middings trails ... writes thus ; That when the sun is at the hicht , At noon , when it doth shine maist bricht , The shadow of ...
... write sic vile and filthy words ; But wald they clenge their filthy tails , Whilk over the mires and middings trails ... writes thus ; That when the sun is at the hicht , At noon , when it doth shine maist bricht , The shadow of ...
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... write , In register for to remain of such a worthy wight . As she proceeded thus in song unto her little brat , Much matter utter'd she of weight in place whereas she sat ; And proved plain , there was no beast , nor creature bearing ...
... write , In register for to remain of such a worthy wight . As she proceeded thus in song unto her little brat , Much matter utter'd she of weight in place whereas she sat ; And proved plain , there was no beast , nor creature bearing ...
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... write nothing false ; next , to be bold to say any truth : whereby is avoided two great faults- flattery and hatred ... writer minds of men , it follows that the great bulk of is addressing his friend John Astely . ] When you and I ...
... write nothing false ; next , to be bold to say any truth : whereby is avoided two great faults- flattery and hatred ... writer minds of men , it follows that the great bulk of is addressing his friend John Astely . ] When you and I ...
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... writer above description and a power of drawing allegorical cha- 1 i latter , on her accession to the throne ... write having been , as it were , suddenly created , the whole world of character , imagery , and sentiment , as well ...
... writer above description and a power of drawing allegorical cha- 1 i latter , on her accession to the throne ... write having been , as it were , suddenly created , the whole world of character , imagery , and sentiment , as well ...
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... write the battailes of his great godhed : All good and honour might therein be red ; For there their dwelling was . And , when she spake , Sweete wordes , like dropping honey , she did shed ; And ' twixt the perles and rubins softly ...
... write the battailes of his great godhed : All good and honour might therein be red ; For there their dwelling was . And , when she spake , Sweete wordes , like dropping honey , she did shed ; And ' twixt the perles and rubins softly ...
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