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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... give lond from her heirs To religious , that have no ruth though it rain on her altars . In many places there they be parsons by hemself at ease ; Of the poor have they no pity : and that is her charity ! And they letten hem as lords ...
... give lond from her heirs To religious , that have no ruth though it rain on her altars . In many places there they be parsons by hemself at ease ; Of the poor have they no pity : and that is her charity ! And they letten hem as lords ...
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... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' Nay , oldé churl ...
... give you rede2 Ne do'th unto an old man none harm now , No more than that ye would a man did you In age , if that ye may so long abide ; And God be with you whe'r ye go or ride : I must go thither as I have to go . ' Nay , oldé churl ...
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... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or small , And ...
... give : Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; the houses far asunder , Yet never fail'd he , or for rain or thunder , Whenever sickness or mischance might call , The most remote to visit , great or small , And ...
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... Give them of our waithing . ' The Southron said , ' As now of thy dealing We will not tak ; thou wald give us o'er small . ' He lighted down and frae the child took all . Wallace said then , Gentlemen gif ye be , Leave us some part , we ...
... Give them of our waithing . ' The Southron said , ' As now of thy dealing We will not tak ; thou wald give us o'er small . ' He lighted down and frae the child took all . Wallace said then , Gentlemen gif ye be , Leave us some part , we ...
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... gives for merit , and some for meeds ; Some , wardly honour to uphie ; Some gives to them that nothing needs ; In Giving sould Discretion be . Some gives for pride and glory vain ; Some gives with grudging and with pain ; Some gives on ...
... gives for merit , and some for meeds ; Some , wardly honour to uphie ; Some gives to them that nothing needs ; In Giving sould Discretion be . Some gives for pride and glory vain ; Some gives with grudging and with pain ; Some gives on ...
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