The College Survey of English Literature: The early period. The sixteenth century. The seventeenth century. The eighteenth centuryBartlett Jere Whiting, Fred Benjamin Millett Harcourt, Brace, 1947 |
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... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs did give her lively heat ; Fostered she was with milk of Irish breast , Her sire an earl , her dame of princes ' blood ; From tender years in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she tasteth ...
... doth face Wild Camber's cliffs did give her lively heat ; Fostered she was with milk of Irish breast , Her sire an earl , her dame of princes ' blood ; From tender years in Britain she doth rest With king's child , where she tasteth ...
Page 352
... doth tire Than did on him who first stole down the fire , While Love on me doth all his quiver spend , - But with your rhubarb words ye must contend , To grieve me worse , in saying that desire 10 Doth plunge my well - formed soul even ...
... doth tire Than did on him who first stole down the fire , While Love on me doth all his quiver spend , - But with your rhubarb words ye must contend , To grieve me worse , in saying that desire 10 Doth plunge my well - formed soul even ...
Page 513
... doth tobacco . Love still dries up the wanton humour , So doth tobacco . Love makes men sail from shore to shore , So doth tobacco . ' Tis fond love often makes men poor , So doth tobacco . Love makes men scorn all coward fears , So ...
... doth tobacco . Love still dries up the wanton humour , So doth tobacco . Love makes men sail from shore to shore , So doth tobacco . ' Tis fond love often makes men poor , So doth tobacco . Love makes men scorn all coward fears , So ...
Contents
THE APPROACH TO ENGLISH LITERATURE | 1 |
THE EARLY PERIOD | 7 |
BEOWULF | 11 |
Copyright | |
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