Cyclopædia of English literature, Volumen1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... called the Venerable Bede , who may be allowed to stand at the head of the class . He seems to have spent a modest studious life , unche- quered by incident of any kind , at the monastery of Wearmouth , where he died in 735 . His works ...
... called the Venerable Bede , who may be allowed to stand at the head of the class . He seems to have spent a modest studious life , unche- quered by incident of any kind , at the monastery of Wearmouth , where he died in 735 . His works ...
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... called from that circumstance ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER , and who lived during the reigns of Henry III . and Ed- ward I. He wrote , in long rhymed lines ( Alexan- drines ) , a history of England from the imaginary Brutus to his own time ...
... called from that circumstance ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER , and who lived during the reigns of Henry III . and Ed- ward I. He wrote , in long rhymed lines ( Alexan- drines ) , a history of England from the imaginary Brutus to his own time ...
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... called , is to be faintly discovered about the middle of the thirteenth century , when Henry III . sat on the English throne , and Alexander II . on that of Scotland . A consider- able variety of examples will be found in the volumes of ...
... called , is to be faintly discovered about the middle of the thirteenth century , when Henry III . sat on the English throne , and Alexander II . on that of Scotland . A consider- able variety of examples will be found in the volumes of ...
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... Called . 4 He is able for . * Overtaken . ? Muscle . 5 Work . 9 Agone . 3 Ruined , destroyed . 6 Surely . 7 Guide . 10 Nevertheless . The will of Christ , and kneeling on the strond , She saide , Lord , aye welcome be thy sond . ' He ...
... Called . 4 He is able for . * Overtaken . ? Muscle . 5 Work . 9 Agone . 3 Ruined , destroyed . 6 Surely . 7 Guide . 10 Nevertheless . The will of Christ , and kneeling on the strond , She saide , Lord , aye welcome be thy sond . ' He ...
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... called were . He led with radure sae his land , In all time that he was regnand , That nane durst well withstand his will , All winning bowsome to be him till . Wyntoun has been included in this section of our literary history , because ...
... called were . He led with radure sae his land , In all time that he was regnand , That nane durst well withstand his will , All winning bowsome to be him till . Wyntoun has been included in this section of our literary history , because ...
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Página 169 - there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and being an absolute Johannes Fac-totum, is, in his own conceit, the only
Página 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Página 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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