Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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Page 84
... heart , because they are only two , and cannot " be corrupted by bad example . " - Why Paradise should contain only two inhabitants is not very intelligible , but , it was thus represented in the pageants , as appears from a pas- sage ...
... heart , because they are only two , and cannot " be corrupted by bad example . " - Why Paradise should contain only two inhabitants is not very intelligible , but , it was thus represented in the pageants , as appears from a pas- sage ...
Page 157
... * * * * Age the hoar , he was in the va - ward , And bare the banner before Death ; by right he it claimed . • Nature . 2 Foragers , Fr. 3 Cardialgia , heart - ache , Gr . Kind came after , with many keen sores , As [ 157 ]
... * * * * Age the hoar , he was in the va - ward , And bare the banner before Death ; by right he it claimed . • Nature . 2 Foragers , Fr. 3 Cardialgia , heart - ache , Gr . Kind came after , with many keen sores , As [ 157 ]
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... man and a good Christian ; and upon this presumption , which , perhaps , is not strictly warranted by experience , the confessor passes in review all the defects of the human character , and carefully scrutinizes the heart of his [ 176 ]
... man and a good Christian ; and upon this presumption , which , perhaps , is not strictly warranted by experience , the confessor passes in review all the defects of the human character , and carefully scrutinizes the heart of his [ 176 ]
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George Ellis. human character , and carefully scrutinizes the heart of his penitent with respect to each , before he will consent to give him absolution . Because example is more impressive than precept , he illustrates his injunctions ...
George Ellis. human character , and carefully scrutinizes the heart of his penitent with respect to each , before he will consent to give him absolution . Because example is more impressive than precept , he illustrates his injunctions ...
Page 193
... heart breaketh For sorrow that he may not flee But if he woulde untrue be . Look how a sick man for his hele 3 Tak'th baldemoyn with the canele , 5 And with the myrrh taketh the sucre ; Right upon such a manner lucre Stands Florent , as ...
... heart breaketh For sorrow that he may not flee But if he woulde untrue be . Look how a sick man for his hele 3 Tak'th baldemoyn with the canele , 5 And with the myrrh taketh the sucre ; Right upon such a manner lucre Stands Florent , as ...
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