A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville William Cowper |
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... noble Wit : but amongst other things , he was ravished with a mightie desire to see the greater parts of the World , as Asia and Africa . Having therefore provided all things necessary for his jour- ney , he departed from his Countrey ...
... noble Wit : but amongst other things , he was ravished with a mightie desire to see the greater parts of the World , as Asia and Africa . Having therefore provided all things necessary for his jour- ney , he departed from his Countrey ...
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... noble and worthi Men , that conne Latyn but litylle , and han ben bezonde the See , knowen and undirstonden , zif I erre in devisynge , for forzetynge , or elles ; that thei mowes redresse it and amende it . For thinges passed out of ...
... noble and worthi Men , that conne Latyn but litylle , and han ben bezonde the See , knowen and undirstonden , zif I erre in devisynge , for forzetynge , or elles ; that thei mowes redresse it and amende it . For thinges passed out of ...
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... noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif ...
... noble labor , which he completed in 1380 , he received abuse without measure from the priests . The following is but a mild specimen of papal rage . It is from one Henry Knyghton , a contemporary priest . " This master John Wiclif ...
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... noble Apostrophe to Freedom . It is in a style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish historians and critics . " A ! fredome is a ...
... noble Apostrophe to Freedom . It is in a style of poetical feeling uncommon not only in that but many subsequent ages , and has been quoted with high praise by the most distinguished Scottish historians and critics . " A ! fredome is a ...
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... noble Chaucer , in those former times , Who first enriched our English with his rhymes , And was the first of ours that ever broke Into the Muse's treasures , and first spoke In mighty numbers ; delving in the mine Of perfect knowledge ...
... noble Chaucer , in those former times , Who first enriched our English with his rhymes , And was the first of ours that ever broke Into the Muse's treasures , and first spoke In mighty numbers ; delving in the mine Of perfect knowledge ...
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