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 - English literature |
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... hear . He afterwards yielded to the earnest solicitations of the Abbess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are told that he was con- tinually occupied ...
... hear . He afterwards yielded to the earnest solicitations of the Abbess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are told that he was con- tinually occupied ...
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... hear Gingling in a whistling wind as clear , And eke as loud as doth the chapel bell . * The house is supposed still to exist , or an inn built upon the site of it , from which the personages of the Canterbury Tales set out upon their ...
... hear Gingling in a whistling wind as clear , And eke as loud as doth the chapel bell . * The house is supposed still to exist , or an inn built upon the site of it , from which the personages of the Canterbury Tales set out upon their ...
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... hear : 6 Nought may the woful spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer ...
... hear : 6 Nought may the woful spirit in mine heart Declare one point of all my sorrows ' smart To you my lady , that I love most , But I bequeath the service of my ghost To you aboven every creature , Since that my life ne may no longer ...
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... hear his lady speak is more delicious than to feast on all the dainties that could be compounded by a cook of Lombardy . These are not so resto- rative As bin the wordes of hir mouth ; For as the wyndes of the south Ben most of all ...
... hear his lady speak is more delicious than to feast on all the dainties that could be compounded by a cook of Lombardy . These are not so resto- rative As bin the wordes of hir mouth ; For as the wyndes of the south Ben most of all ...
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... hear , That at that meeting forouten3 were . Were steeds stickit mony ane ; And mony gude man borne doun and slain ; They dang on other with wappins sair , Some of the horse , that stickit were , Rushit and reelit richt rudely . The ...
... hear , That at that meeting forouten3 were . Were steeds stickit mony ane ; And mony gude man borne doun and slain ; They dang on other with wappins sair , Some of the horse , that stickit were , Rushit and reelit richt rudely . The ...
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