Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose1910 |
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... unto hardship , had for companions sorrow and longing , the winter's cold sting , woe upon woe , what time Nithhad laid sore need on him . Withering sinew - wounds ! Ill - starred man ! 6 That was o'erpassed ; this may pass also . On ...
... unto hardship , had for companions sorrow and longing , the winter's cold sting , woe upon woe , what time Nithhad laid sore need on him . Withering sinew - wounds ! Ill - starred man ! 6 That was o'erpassed ; this may pass also . On ...
Page 33
... unto good works , as a bird , when it would fly , moveth its wings . Also the true anchoresses , whom we compare to birds , -yet not we , but God- spread their wings and make a cross of them- selves , as a bird doth when it flieth ...
... unto good works , as a bird , when it would fly , moveth its wings . Also the true anchoresses , whom we compare to birds , -yet not we , but God- spread their wings and make a cross of them- selves , as a bird doth when it flieth ...
Page 41
... unto you , that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham . And now also the axe is layd unto the roote of the trees : There- fore every tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite , is hewen downe , and cast into the ...
... unto you , that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham . And now also the axe is layd unto the roote of the trees : There- fore every tree which bringeth not foorth good fruite , is hewen downe , and cast into the ...
Page 45
... unto a povre ordre for to yive49 Is signe that a man is wel y - shrive . For if he50 yaf , he51 dorste make avaunt52 , He wiste that a man was repentaunt . For many a man so hard is of his herte53 , He may nat wepe al - thogh him sore ...
... unto a povre ordre for to yive49 Is signe that a man is wel y - shrive . For if he50 yaf , he51 dorste make avaunt52 , He wiste that a man was repentaunt . For many a man so hard is of his herte53 , He may nat wepe al - thogh him sore ...
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... unto his cook 32 unless 33 utensils 34 stationary 35 meetings of justices of the peace 36 member of ment 37 knife 38 pouch 39 auditor parlia- 40 sub - vassal ( landhold- er ) 41 seller of hats 42 weaver 43 upholsterer 44 trimmed 45 ...
... unto his cook 32 unless 33 utensils 34 stationary 35 meetings of justices of the peace 36 member of ment 37 knife 38 pouch 39 auditor parlia- 40 sub - vassal ( landhold- er ) 41 seller of hats 42 weaver 43 upholsterer 44 trimmed 45 ...
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