Specimens of the lyrical, descriptive, and narrative poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the present day; with a preliminary sketch of the history of early English poetry, and biographical and critical notices, by J. J. |
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... Ther me con ( b ) the soulè blisse : * " Kyng Edward , honoured thou be : " God love thi sone come after the , " Bringe to ende that thou hast bygonne , " The holy crois ymade of tre " So fain thou woldest hit have ywonne ...
... Ther me con ( b ) the soulè blisse : * " Kyng Edward , honoured thou be : " God love thi sone come after the , " Bringe to ende that thou hast bygonne , " The holy crois ymade of tre " So fain thou woldest hit have ywonne ...
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... ther as I you devise . But natheles , while I have time and space , Or that I forther in this talè pace , Me thinketh it accordant to reson , To tellen you alle the condition Of eche of hem , so as it semed me , And whiche they weren ...
... ther as I you devise . But natheles , while I have time and space , Or that I forther in this talè pace , Me thinketh it accordant to reson , To tellen you alle the condition Of eche of hem , so as it semed me , And whiche they weren ...
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... Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( h ) Smutted . ( g ) Wore a short cassock . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young Squier , 36 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( h ) Smutted . ( g ) Wore a short cassock . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young Squier , 36 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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John JOHNSTONE (of Edinburgh.) With him ther was his sone a young Squier , A lover and a lusty bacheler , With lockès crull ( a ) as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was I gesse . Of his stature he was of even ...
John JOHNSTONE (of Edinburgh.) With him ther was his sone a young Squier , A lover and a lusty bacheler , With lockès crull ( a ) as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was I gesse . Of his stature he was of even ...
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... Ther was also a Nonne , a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was full simple and coy ; Hire gretest othe n'as but by Seint Eloy ; And she was cleped ( a ) Madame Eglentine . Ful wel she sangè the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful ...
... Ther was also a Nonne , a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was full simple and coy ; Hire gretest othe n'as but by Seint Eloy ; And she was cleped ( a ) Madame Eglentine . Ful wel she sangè the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful ...
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