Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 221
... father's known habits would be giving her refusal less meaning than she could wish . The Coles were very respectable in their way , but they ought to be taught that it was not for them to arrange the terms on which the superior families ...
... father's known habits would be giving her refusal less meaning than she could wish . The Coles were very respectable in their way , but they ought to be taught that it was not for them to arrange the terms on which the superior families ...
Page 226
... father might lay on , but he could not beat him from his pig , till he had fairly made an end of it , when , becoming a little more sensible of his situation , something like the following dialogue ensued . " You graceless whelp , what ...
... father might lay on , but he could not beat him from his pig , till he had fairly made an end of it , when , becoming a little more sensible of his situation , something like the following dialogue ensued . " You graceless whelp , what ...
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... father spurn'd Not for the thousands whom my father slew , Altars unfed and temples overturn'd , Cold hearts and thankless tongues , where thanks are due ; Fell this dread voice from lips that cannot lie , Stern sentence of the Powers ...
... father spurn'd Not for the thousands whom my father slew , Altars unfed and temples overturn'd , Cold hearts and thankless tongues , where thanks are due ; Fell this dread voice from lips that cannot lie , Stern sentence of the Powers ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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