A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms : Designed as a Text-book for the Higher Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private Reading |
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... eyes . 3 Prick - point . In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forests green ; Here sailing ships ...
... eyes . 3 Prick - point . In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry cities , and the forests green ; Here sailing ships ...
Page 37
... eyes beheld . He was about to draw her unto himself when she stopped him , And sayth , that for to win or lose He mote one of two thinges choose , Wher1 he will have her such o ' night Or elles upon daye's light ; For he shall not have ...
... eyes beheld . He was about to draw her unto himself when she stopped him , And sayth , that for to win or lose He mote one of two thinges choose , Wher1 he will have her such o ' night Or elles upon daye's light ; For he shall not have ...
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... eyes , " were his well - known last words at the stake . Rome thunder'd death , but Tyndale's dauntless eye Look'd in death's face and smiled , death standing by . In spite of Rome , for England's faith he stood , And in the flames he ...
... eyes , " were his well - known last words at the stake . Rome thunder'd death , but Tyndale's dauntless eye Look'd in death's face and smiled , death standing by . In spite of Rome , for England's faith he stood , And in the flames he ...
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... " to linger about a place in expectation or hope : same as " to hover . " With eyes cast up unto the Maiden's tower , ' 6 1509-1547 . ] 61 HOWARD . Prisoner in Windsor Dr Nott's Comparison between Surrey 26 and Wyatt, (note)
... " to linger about a place in expectation or hope : same as " to hover . " With eyes cast up unto the Maiden's tower , ' 6 1509-1547 . ] 61 HOWARD . Prisoner in Windsor Dr Nott's Comparison between Surrey 26 and Wyatt, (note)
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... eyes oft we by gleams of love , Have miss'd the ball , and got sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above.6 The gravel'd ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , 8 On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ...
... eyes oft we by gleams of love , Have miss'd the ball , and got sight of our dame , To bait her eyes , which kept the leads above.6 The gravel'd ground , with sleeves tied on the helm , 8 On foaming horse with swords and friendly hearts ...
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