Biographia Britannica Literaria, Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland, Arranged in Chronological Order: Anglo-Norman period |
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Page xv
... give it such a name , opens with the following lines : * — Donna Aaliz la reine , Par qui valdrat lei divine , Par qui creistrat lei de terre , E remandrat tante guerre Por les armes Henri lu rei , E par le cunseil qui ert en tei ...
... give it such a name , opens with the following lines : * — Donna Aaliz la reine , Par qui valdrat lei divine , Par qui creistrat lei de terre , E remandrat tante guerre Por les armes Henri lu rei , E par le cunseil qui ert en tei ...
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... give them to his servants . And he will take the tenth of your seed , and of your vineyards , and give to his officers , and to his servants . And he will take your men - ser . vants , and your maid - servants , and your goodliest young ...
... give them to his servants . And he will take the tenth of your seed , and of your vineyards , and give to his officers , and to his servants . And he will take your men - ser . vants , and your maid - servants , and your goodliest young ...
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... give pledge and find sureties for pursuing his claim , then it will be- hove him who shall have it in his possession to name his warrant , if he have one ; and if he has not one , then he shall name his heimelborh ' ( title of ...
... give pledge and find sureties for pursuing his claim , then it will be- hove him who shall have it in his possession to name his warrant , if he have one ; and if he has not one , then he shall name his heimelborh ' ( title of ...
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... give us the forms of the language at particular and well ascertained dates . This language , in England , appears to have gone through less rapid changes than on the Continent ; and early in the thirteenth century it affords a means of ...
... give us the forms of the language at particular and well ascertained dates . This language , in England , appears to have gone through less rapid changes than on the Continent ; and early in the thirteenth century it affords a means of ...
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... give me a better , and thy wishes will be more quickly accomplished . " The duke's mirth was excited by the strange figure of the monk and his horse , which thus produced the intended effect ; a brief interview was sufficient to make ...
... give me a better , and thy wishes will be more quickly accomplished . " The duke's mirth was excited by the strange figure of the monk and his horse , which thus produced the intended effect ; a brief interview was sufficient to make ...
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Page xviii - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
Page xvii - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Page xviii - This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen: and some shall run before his chariots. And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instrument of war, and instruments of his chariots.
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