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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... - blossomed , 275 Death , Upon Occasion of a Red - breast coming into his Chamber , 275 Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire , Study of God's Works , 275 Ghosts , Page Page Of Myself , Charity , • 302 Sonnet xi CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME .
... - blossomed , 275 Death , Upon Occasion of a Red - breast coming into his Chamber , 275 Upon the kindling of a Charcoal Fire , Study of God's Works , 275 Ghosts , Page Page Of Myself , Charity , • 302 Sonnet xi CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME .
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... fire above and underneath ; never did I see a loathlier landskip ; the flame abateth not , hot over hell . Me hath the clasping of these rings , this hard polished band , impeded in my course , debarred me from my way . My feet are ...
... fire above and underneath ; never did I see a loathlier landskip ; the flame abateth not , hot over hell . Me hath the clasping of these rings , this hard polished band , impeded in my course , debarred me from my way . My feet are ...
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... fire , as men flays on flints . They foucht ilk ane sae eagerly , That they made nae noise nor cry , But dang on other at their micht , With wappins that were burnist bricht . All four their battles with that were Fechting in a front ...
... fire , as men flays on flints . They foucht ilk ane sae eagerly , That they made nae noise nor cry , But dang on other at their micht , With wappins that were burnist bricht . All four their battles with that were Fechting in a front ...
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... fire of a monastery of those days , and which convey a curious idea of the credulity of the age . Some of these are included in the follow- ing specimens , the first of which alone is in the original spelling : - [ St Serf's + Ram ...
... fire of a monastery of those days , and which convey a curious idea of the credulity of the age . Some of these are included in the follow- ing specimens , the first of which alone is in the original spelling : - [ St Serf's + Ram ...
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... Fire gat they soon , but meat than had they nane . Twa sheep they took beside them aff a fauld , Ordained to sup into that seemly hauld , Graithit in haste some food for them to dicht : So heard they blaw rude hornis upon heicht . Twa ...
... Fire gat they soon , but meat than had they nane . Twa sheep they took beside them aff a fauld , Ordained to sup into that seemly hauld , Graithit in haste some food for them to dicht : So heard they blaw rude hornis upon heicht . Twa ...
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