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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Her coverchiefsll weren full fine of ground ; I dursté swear they weigheden a
pound , That on the Sunday were upon her head : Her hosed weren of fine
scarlet red , Full strait ytied , and shoes full moist12 and new Bold was her face ,
and fair ...
Her coverchiefsll weren full fine of ground ; I dursté swear they weigheden a
pound , That on the Sunday were upon her head : Her hosed weren of fine
scarlet red , Full strait ytied , and shoes full moist12 and new Bold was her face ,
and fair ...
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... now great treés Now shippés sailing in the sea ; But thus soon in a whilé he
Was flowen from the ground so high That all the world , as to mine eye , No more
yseemed than a prick , 3 Or ellés was the air so thick That I ne might it not discern
.
... now great treés Now shippés sailing in the sea ; But thus soon in a whilé he
Was flowen from the ground so high That all the world , as to mine eye , No more
yseemed than a prick , 3 Or ellés was the air so thick That I ne might it not discern
.
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The husbandmen labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to
the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that “ by a marvellous
policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keeping them in a certain
equal ...
The husbandmen labor the ground , breed cattle , hew wood , and convey it to
the towns . They also raise a great deal of poultry , and that “ by a marvellous
policy : for the hens do not sit upon the eggs ; but by keeping them in a certain
equal ...
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... household , merry in God ; and devise somewhat with your friends what way
were best to take , for provision to be made for corn for our household , and for
seed this year coming , if we think it good that we keep the ground still in our
hands .
... household , merry in God ; and devise somewhat with your friends what way
were best to take , for provision to be made for corn for our household , and for
seed this year coming , if we think it good that we keep the ground still in our
hands .
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Out of these things the chiefest and infallible ground is the dread and reverence
of God , whereupon shall ensue the eschewing of the contraries of these said
virtues ; that is to say , ignorance , unkindness , rashness , desire of harm ,
unquiet ...
Out of these things the chiefest and infallible ground is the dread and reverence
of God , whereupon shall ensue the eschewing of the contraries of these said
virtues ; that is to say , ignorance , unkindness , rashness , desire of harm ,
unquiet ...
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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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