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 |
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... better than his lord pourchace : Ful riche he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen , subtilly To yeve and lene ? him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere ...
... better than his lord pourchace : Ful riche he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen , subtilly To yeve and lene ? him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere ...
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... better priest is no where to be found . He waited not on pomp or reverence , Nor made himself a spiced conscience . The lore of Christ and his apostles twelve He taught but , first , he followed it himselve . 1 By accident . 9 Storven ...
... better priest is no where to be found . He waited not on pomp or reverence , Nor made himself a spiced conscience . The lore of Christ and his apostles twelve He taught but , first , he followed it himselve . 1 By accident . 9 Storven ...
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... better was in consequence beginning to show itself in her accoutrements . The parting words of the dame are- ] Now have ye heard mine answer ; To God , madam , I you betake , And warneth all for my sake , Of love that they be not idle ...
... better was in consequence beginning to show itself in her accoutrements . The parting words of the dame are- ] Now have ye heard mine answer ; To God , madam , I you betake , And warneth all for my sake , Of love that they be not idle ...
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... better it is to die than for to have such poverty ; and , as the same Solomon saith , Better it is to die of bitter death , than for to liven in such wise . By these reasons that I have said unto you , and by many other reasons that I ...
... better it is to die than for to have such poverty ; and , as the same Solomon saith , Better it is to die of bitter death , than for to liven in such wise . By these reasons that I have said unto you , and by many other reasons that I ...
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... better to have a little good , with love of God , than to have muckle good and lese the love of his Lord God ; and the prophet saith , that better it is to ben a good man and have little good and treasure , than to be holden a shrew and ...
... better to have a little good , with love of God , than to have muckle good and lese the love of his Lord God ; and the prophet saith , that better it is to ben a good man and have little good and treasure , than to be holden a shrew and ...
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