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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... born Breton , That lerid the language of Saxon . This Bregh was the latimer , 6 What she said told Vortiger . " ' Sir , ' Bregh said , Rowen you greets , And king calls and lord you leets.7 This is their custom and their gest , When ...
... born Breton , That lerid the language of Saxon . This Bregh was the latimer , 6 What she said told Vortiger . " ' Sir , ' Bregh said , Rowen you greets , And king calls and lord you leets.7 This is their custom and their gest , When ...
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... born in London , and the year 1328 is assigned , by the only authority we possess on the subject , namely , the inscription on his tomb , as the date of his birth . One of his poems 1 Hanging wider than his chin . 2 As the mouth of a ...
... born in London , and the year 1328 is assigned , by the only authority we possess on the subject , namely , the inscription on his tomb , as the date of his birth . One of his poems 1 Hanging wider than his chin . 2 As the mouth of a ...
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... born about the year 1474 , a younger son of Archibald , fifth Earl of Angus , was Dunkeld Cathedral . educated for the church , and rose through a variety of inferior offices to be bishop of Dunkeld . After occu- 1 Unlawful . 2 Leases ...
... born about the year 1474 , a younger son of Archibald , fifth Earl of Angus , was Dunkeld Cathedral . educated for the church , and rose through a variety of inferior offices to be bishop of Dunkeld . After occu- 1 Unlawful . 2 Leases ...
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... born about 1490 , who , after serving King James V. , when that monarch was a boy , as sewer , carver , cup - bearer , purse - master , chief cubicular ; in short , everything -bearing him as an infant upon his back , and dancing antics ...
... born about 1490 , who , after serving King James V. , when that monarch was a boy , as sewer , carver , cup - bearer , purse - master , chief cubicular ; in short , everything -bearing him as an infant upon his back , and dancing antics ...
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... Born . That of side tails can come nae gude , Sider nor may their ankles hide , The remanent proceeds of pride , And pride proceeds of the devil , Thus alway they proceed of evil . Ane other fault , Sir , may be seen , They hide their ...
... Born . That of side tails can come nae gude , Sider nor may their ankles hide , The remanent proceeds of pride , And pride proceeds of the devil , Thus alway they proceed of evil . Ane other fault , Sir , may be seen , They hide their ...
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