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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Fall of Cardinal Wolsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Queen Mab and the Fairies . . . . . . . . . .
139 Life and Death weighed . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Mercy . . . . . 141 Fame to be kept
bright by Activity . . . 141 The Commonwealth of Bees . . . . . . . . . . 142 ROBERT ...
Fall of Cardinal Wolsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Queen Mab and the Fairies . . . . . . . . . .
139 Life and Death weighed . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Mercy . . . . . 141 Fame to be kept
bright by Activity . . . 141 The Commonwealth of Bees . . . . . . . . . . 142 ROBERT ...
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213 To Blossoms . . . . . . . . 214 GEORGE SANDYS . . . . . 180 How Heart ' s - ease
first came . . . 214 The Lamentation of David . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Captive Bee . .
. . . . . . . . . . 215 Fall of Ancient Empires . . . . . . . 181 The Night - Piece , to Julia ...
213 To Blossoms . . . . . . . . 214 GEORGE SANDYS . . . . . 180 How Heart ' s - ease
first came . . . 214 The Lamentation of David . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 The Captive Bee . .
. . . . . . . . . . 215 Fall of Ancient Empires . . . . . . . 181 The Night - Piece , to Julia ...
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... Were so o ' ercome with pleasance and delight Only through letting of mine
eyen fall , That suddenly my heart become her thral ] For ever ; of free will ; for of
menáce There was no token in her sweete face . And in my head I drew right
hastily ...
... Were so o ' ercome with pleasance and delight Only through letting of mine
eyen fall , That suddenly my heart become her thral ] For ever ; of free will ; for of
menáce There was no token in her sweete face . And in my head I drew right
hastily ...
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Iv . Though all the werk ; that ever had livand wight Were only thine , no more thy
part does fall But meat , drink , clais , and of the laifo a sight ! Yet , to the Judge
thou shall give ' compt of all . Ane reckoning right comes of ane ragment 10 small
...
Iv . Though all the werk ; that ever had livand wight Were only thine , no more thy
part does fall But meat , drink , clais , and of the laifo a sight ! Yet , to the Judge
thou shall give ' compt of all . Ane reckoning right comes of ane ragment 10 small
...
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Vengeance may fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest pain . Trow
not alone under the sun , Unquit to cause thy lover ' s plain , Although my lute and
I have done . May chance thee lie wither ' d and old , The winter nights that are ...
Vengeance may fall on thy disdain , That makest but game of earnest pain . Trow
not alone under the sun , Unquit to cause thy lover ' s plain , Although my lute and
I have done . May chance thee lie wither ' d and old , The winter nights that are ...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | Charles Dexter Cleveland |
| Publisher | E.C. and J. Biddle, 1852 |
| Length | 776 pages |
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