Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose, Volume 1Scott, Foresman, 1910 - English literature |
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... means to be reported faithfully . At the same time it has seemed equally important in a few instances to correct a manifest and misleading error or to remove an extremely offensive epithet . The instances of such changes are perhaps not ...
... means to be reported faithfully . At the same time it has seemed equally important in a few instances to correct a manifest and misleading error or to remove an extremely offensive epithet . The instances of such changes are perhaps not ...
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... mean to delay ; for he at the first stroke quickly seized 740 This is a characteristic Northern figure , as well as Greek ; but it is not Christian . An in- teresting expansion of it may be found in Gray's poem of The Fatal Sisters . a ...
... mean to delay ; for he at the first stroke quickly seized 740 This is a characteristic Northern figure , as well as Greek ; but it is not Christian . An in- teresting expansion of it may be found in Gray's poem of The Fatal Sisters . a ...
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... means to be prevailed upon , he was at last forced to com- ply , and , dismissing the rest , to take up with one man only . But by this time he began to reflect more sensibly with himself upon the grandeur from which he had fallen , and ...
... means to be prevailed upon , he was at last forced to com- ply , and , dismissing the rest , to take up with one man only . But by this time he began to reflect more sensibly with himself upon the grandeur from which he had fallen , and ...
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... means , with helmet upon his head , on which was engraven | all your might and all your strength , keep well the figure of a dragon ; and on his shoulders his the inward rule , and for its sake the outward . shield called Priwen ; upon ...
... means , with helmet upon his head , on which was engraven | all your might and all your strength , keep well the figure of a dragon ; and on his shoulders his the inward rule , and for its sake the outward . shield called Priwen ; upon ...
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... means 2 face 3 sleepest thou 4 seest thou 92 i . e . , the pardoner bishop's 93 divide 94 poor 95 if they ( the pardoner and the priest ) did not exist 6 if they have honor 7 account 5 confused throng 8 though 9 skin 10 gave THE WYCLIF ...
... means 2 face 3 sleepest thou 4 seest thou 92 i . e . , the pardoner bishop's 93 divide 94 poor 95 if they ( the pardoner and the priest ) did not exist 6 if they have honor 7 account 5 confused throng 8 though 9 skin 10 gave THE WYCLIF ...
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