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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The following couplet , which is attributed to him , indicates the state of mind ,
which may have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so
admirable : If evils come not , then our fears are vain ; And if they do , fear but
augments the ...
The following couplet , which is attributed to him , indicates the state of mind ,
which may have partially enabled him to meet his fate with a fortitude so
admirable : If evils come not , then our fears are vain ; And if they do , fear but
augments the ...
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But only one thing I beseech you , for the trust that his father put in you ever , and
for the trust that I put in you now , that as far as ye think that I fear too much , be
you well ware that you fear not as far too little . And therewithal , she said unto the
...
But only one thing I beseech you , for the trust that his father put in you ever , and
for the trust that I put in you now , that as far as ye think that I fear too much , be
you well ware that you fear not as far too little . And therewithal , she said unto the
...
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Content thee with thine own estate ; Ne wish for Death , ne fear his might . HUGH
LATIMER . 1475 — 1555 . Hog : LATIMER. 1 " This sonnet is perhaps the most
beautiful specimen of descriptive poetry in our language . "Dr . Nott . 2 “ Soote ...
Content thee with thine own estate ; Ne wish for Death , ne fear his might . HUGH
LATIMER . 1475 — 1555 . Hog : LATIMER. 1 " This sonnet is perhaps the most
beautiful specimen of descriptive poetry in our language . "Dr . Nott . 2 “ Soote ...
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He married my sisters with 51 . or 20 nobles apiece , so that he brought them up
in godliness and fear of God . He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours . And
some alms he gave to the poor , and all this did he of the said farm . Where he
that ...
He married my sisters with 51 . or 20 nobles apiece , so that he brought them up
in godliness and fear of God . He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours . And
some alms he gave to the poor , and all this did he of the said farm . Where he
that ...
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And Pallas was no more feared in wearing Ęgida , than she wiis praised for
choosing Olivam ; ' whereby shineth the glory of learning , which thus was
governor and mistress , in the noble city of Athens , both of war and peace . That
the ...
And Pallas was no more feared in wearing Ęgida , than she wiis praised for
choosing Olivam ; ' whereby shineth the glory of learning , which thus was
governor and mistress , in the noble city of Athens , both of war and peace . That
the ...
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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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