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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... called life's fountain , is like in shape ( to ) other nunge ; ruption ; ge - nealæcth ac but dhæs the cor- tham brosnigendlicum wætere , dhurh miht might water through sythan afterwards Holy Ghost's ( to ) the comes corruptible ( the ) ...
... called life's fountain , is like in shape ( to ) other nunge ; ruption ; ge - nealæcth ac but dhæs the cor- tham brosnigendlicum wætere , dhurh miht might water through sythan afterwards Holy Ghost's ( to ) the comes corruptible ( the ) ...
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... called from that circumstance ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER , and who lived during the reigns of Henry III . and Ed- ward I. He wrote , in long rhymed lines ( Alexan- drines ) , a history of England from the imaginary Brutus to his own time ...
... called from that circumstance ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER , and who lived during the reigns of Henry III . and Ed- ward I. He wrote , in long rhymed lines ( Alexan- drines ) , a history of England from the imaginary Brutus to his own time ...
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... called , is to be faintly discovered about the middle of the thirteenth century , when Henry III . sat on the English throne , and Alexander II . on that of Scotland . A consider- able variety of examples will be found in the volumes of ...
... called , is to be faintly discovered about the middle of the thirteenth century , when Henry III . sat on the English throne , and Alexander II . on that of Scotland . A consider- able variety of examples will be found in the volumes of ...
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... called forth by the transient gleam of a temporary sunshine , are nipped by frosts and torn by tempests . ' Chaucer . Chaucer was a man of the world as well as a student ; a soldier and courtier , employed in public affairs of delicacy ...
... called forth by the transient gleam of a temporary sunshine , are nipped by frosts and torn by tempests . ' Chaucer . Chaucer was a man of the world as well as a student ; a soldier and courtier , employed in public affairs of delicacy ...
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... Called . 4 He is able for . Overtaken . • Muscle . 5 Work . 9 Agone . 3 Ruined , destroyed . 6 Surely . 7 Guide . 10 Nevertheless . Our blissful Lordés body they to - tear ; Them thought the Jewés rent him not enough ; And each of them ...
... Called . 4 He is able for . Overtaken . • Muscle . 5 Work . 9 Agone . 3 Ruined , destroyed . 6 Surely . 7 Guide . 10 Nevertheless . Our blissful Lordés body they to - tear ; Them thought the Jewés rent him not enough ; And each of them ...
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