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 - English literature |
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... body and soul wash from all sin , dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly might . Cynewulf , bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , arch- bishop of York , and some others , bring down the list of Anglo - Saxon authors to the Conquest , giving ...
... body and soul wash from all sin , dhurh gastlice mihte . through ghostly might . Cynewulf , bishop of Winchester , Wulfstan , arch- bishop of York , and some others , bring down the list of Anglo - Saxon authors to the Conquest , giving ...
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... body strong . And slew to ground here and there , ac the heathen side Wax ever wersh7 and wersh of folk that come wide . So that this Christianmen were all ground ney . Tho Beaumond with his host this great sorrow y - sey , He and ...
... body strong . And slew to ground here and there , ac the heathen side Wax ever wersh7 and wersh of folk that come wide . So that this Christianmen were all ground ney . Tho Beaumond with his host this great sorrow y - sey , He and ...
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... body she was right avenant , Of fair colour with sweet semblant . Her attire full well it seemed , Mervelik the king she queemed.12 Of our measure was he glad , For of that maiden he wax all mad . Drunkenness the fiend wrought , Of that ...
... body she was right avenant , Of fair colour with sweet semblant . Her attire full well it seemed , Mervelik the king she queemed.12 Of our measure was he glad , For of that maiden he wax all mad . Drunkenness the fiend wrought , Of that ...
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... bodies all whole withouten rotting . But I trow that fiends made them seem to be so whole , withouten rotting . But ... body of a man may not liven withouten soul , no more may it liven withouten temporal goods , and by riches may a man ...
... bodies all whole withouten rotting . But I trow that fiends made them seem to be so whole , withouten rotting . But ... body of a man may not liven withouten soul , no more may it liven withouten temporal goods , and by riches may a man ...
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... body till.1 Of high honour should be her hood , Upon her head to wear , Garnish'd with governance , so good Na deeming should her deir.2 Her sark3 should be her body next , Of chastity so white : With shame and dread together mixt , The ...
... body till.1 Of high honour should be her hood , Upon her head to wear , Garnish'd with governance , so good Na deeming should her deir.2 Her sark3 should be her body next , Of chastity so white : With shame and dread together mixt , The ...
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