Specimens of the Early English Poets, Volume 1Nicol, 1803 - 424 pages |
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... meat , besides many other words of frequent recurrence , had originally an identical meaning . This state of things would necessarily continue so long as the Norman and Anglo - Saxon people were separated by mutual hatred and prejudice ...
... meat , besides many other words of frequent recurrence , had originally an identical meaning . This state of things would necessarily continue so long as the Norman and Anglo - Saxon people were separated by mutual hatred and prejudice ...
Page 63
... thence ? All the women that were well done ( well educated ) at their meat sate asunder by themselves . That they thought well done . Habitation . To wen , Johnson . Tha the king wes isete Mid alle his dugeth to [ 63 ]
... thence ? All the women that were well done ( well educated ) at their meat sate asunder by themselves . That they thought well done . Habitation . To wen , Johnson . Tha the king wes isete Mid alle his dugeth to [ 63 ]
Page 64
... meat , earls and barons at the king's table , the steward came stepping , that Kay was called , the highest knight in the land , under the king , of all the number of Arthur's household . 3 Kay summoned before him many high men born , i ...
... meat , earls and barons at the king's table , the steward came stepping , that Kay was called , the highest knight in the land , under the king , of all the number of Arthur's household . 3 Kay summoned before him many high men born , i ...
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... meat but fruit . There n'is hall , bure 5 , no bench ; But water , man - is thirst to quench . Beth 7 there no men but two , 8 Hely and Enoch also . Clinglich 9 may hi1o go Where there wonith II 12 men no mo . ' Heaven , the kingdom of ...
... meat but fruit . There n'is hall , bure 5 , no bench ; But water , man - is thirst to quench . Beth 7 there no men but two , 8 Hely and Enoch also . Clinglich 9 may hi1o go Where there wonith II 12 men no mo . ' Heaven , the kingdom of ...
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George Ellis. In Cokaygne is meat and drink , I Without care , how and swink The meat is trie , 3 the drink so clear , To noon , russin , 4 and suppere ; I sigge ( for sooth boot were 6 ) There n'is land on earth is 7 peer . Under heaven ...
George Ellis. In Cokaygne is meat and drink , I Without care , how and swink The meat is trie , 3 the drink so clear , To noon , russin , 4 and suppere ; I sigge ( for sooth boot were 6 ) There n'is land on earth is 7 peer . Under heaven ...
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