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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... speak parti- cularly of them in this place . Our subsequent lite- rary history is formed of comparatively obscure names , until it presents to us the enlightened and amiable King ALFRED ( 848-901 ) . * in whom learning and authorship ...
... speak parti- cularly of them in this place . Our subsequent lite- rary history is formed of comparatively obscure names , until it presents to us the enlightened and amiable King ALFRED ( 848-901 ) . * in whom learning and authorship ...
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... Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives from the sense of hearing , he says , that to 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 ...
... Speaking of the gratification which his passion receives from the sense of hearing , he says , that to 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 ...
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... speak thereof I dread . In her was youth , beauty , with humble aport , Bounty , richess , and womanly feature , God better wot than my pen can report : Wisdom , largess , estate , and cunning11 sure , In every point so guided her ...
... speak thereof I dread . In her was youth , beauty , with humble aport , Bounty , richess , and womanly feature , God better wot than my pen can report : Wisdom , largess , estate , and cunning11 sure , In every point so guided her ...
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... speak of gifts and almos deeds : Some gives for merit , and some for meeds ; Some , wardly honour to uphie ; Some gives to them that nothing needs ; In Giving sould Discretion be . Some gives for pride and glory vain ; Some gives with ...
... speak of gifts and almos deeds : Some gives for merit , and some for meeds ; Some , wardly honour to uphie ; Some gives to them that nothing needs ; In Giving sould Discretion be . Some gives for pride and glory vain ; Some gives with ...
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... speak , Do thus unto me say : The white and hoarish hairs , ' The messengers of age , That show , like lines of true belief , That this life doth assuage ; Bids thee lay hand , and feel Them hanging on my chin . The which do write two ...
... speak , Do thus unto me say : The white and hoarish hairs , ' The messengers of age , That show , like lines of true belief , That this life doth assuage ; Bids thee lay hand , and feel Them hanging on my chin . The which do write two ...
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