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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... play . ' 2 This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? 4 And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
... play . ' 2 This lasted three days , such games and such plays . 8 Then , on the fourth day , the king went to council ? 4 And gave his good knights all their rights or rewards . 5 He satisfied . Robert's Chronicle , from a particular ...
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... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
... play with bowls in alleys cold , Your disease to drive away ; To see the fishes in pools play , To a drawbridge then shall ye , Th ' one half of stone , th ' other of tree ; A barge shall meet you full right , With twenty - four oars ...
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... play . This treasure hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might ...
... play . This treasure hath Fortúne unto us given , In mirth and jollity our life to liven , And lightly as it com'th so will we spend , Ey ! Goddés precious dignity ! who ween'd9 To - day that we should have so fair a grace ? But might ...
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... play . + In Aperil the three - and - twenty day , * See his Life by Dr Currie . A few couplets in the original spelling are subjoined : - So on a tym he desyrit to play . In Aperill the three - and - twenty day , Till Erewyn wattir ...
... play . + In Aperil the three - and - twenty day , * See his Life by Dr Currie . A few couplets in the original spelling are subjoined : - So on a tym he desyrit to play . In Aperill the three - and - twenty day , Till Erewyn wattir ...
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... play , where , despoiled for the game ; Have missed the ball and got sight of our dame , With dazed eyes oft we by gleams of love , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , with sleeves tied on the helm Of ...
... play , where , despoiled for the game ; Have missed the ball and got sight of our dame , With dazed eyes oft we by gleams of love , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above . The gravel ground , with sleeves tied on the helm Of ...
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