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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... sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep , a stranger appeared to him , and , saluting him by his name , said , " Cadmon , sing me something . " Cæd- mon answered , “ I know nothing to sing ; for my incapacity in this respect was the ...
... sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep , a stranger appeared to him , and , saluting him by his name , said , " Cadmon , sing me something . " Cæd- mon answered , “ I know nothing to sing ; for my incapacity in this respect was the ...
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... sound . Tho Beaumond therein was , his banner anon he let The towers of the city that in his ward were . rear ; The Christians anon And held them all overcome . Tho the Saracens it i - see , they were some deal in fear , come , And this ...
... sound . Tho Beaumond therein was , his banner anon he let The towers of the city that in his ward were . rear ; The Christians anon And held them all overcome . Tho the Saracens it i - see , they were some deal in fear , come , And this ...
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... , pilotage . 11 Natural right . 8 Doubtless . 7 Entire , whole , sound 10 Change . 13 Guide . 12 Novelty , inconstancy . 15 Manage . sequently Lyndsay , to denominate its author " the moral 22 FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 . CYCLOPÆDIA OF.
... , pilotage . 11 Natural right . 8 Doubtless . 7 Entire , whole , sound 10 Change . 13 Guide . 12 Novelty , inconstancy . 15 Manage . sequently Lyndsay , to denominate its author " the moral 22 FROM EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400 . CYCLOPÆDIA OF.
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... sound went with the river as it ran , Out through the fresh and flourished lusty vale ; O Merle quoth she , O fool ! stint of thy tale , For in thy song good sentence is there none , For both is tint , the time and the travail Of every ...
... sound went with the river as it ran , Out through the fresh and flourished lusty vale ; O Merle quoth she , O fool ! stint of thy tale , For in thy song good sentence is there none , For both is tint , the time and the travail Of every ...
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... sound of plaint . Thus I alone , where all my freedom grew , in the learning of the time , but in all kinds of courtly and chivalrous exercises . Having travelled into Italy , he became a devoted student of the poets of that country ...
... sound of plaint . Thus I alone , where all my freedom grew , in the learning of the time , but in all kinds of courtly and chivalrous exercises . Having travelled into Italy , he became a devoted student of the poets of that country ...
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