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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... and in his hand a staff : This noble ' nsample to his sheep he yaf , 6 That first he
wrought , and afterward he taught , Out of the gospel he the wordés caught , And
this figúre he added yet thereto , That if gold rusté what should iron do ? For if a ...
... and in his hand a staff : This noble ' nsample to his sheep he yaf , 6 That first he
wrought , and afterward he taught , Out of the gospel he the wordés caught , And
this figúre he added yet thereto , That if gold rusté what should iron do ? For if a ...
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The queen , seeing longer resistance to be fruitless , taking the young duke by
the hand , thus addressed the cardinal and other lords : My lord , ( quod she , )
and all my lords , I neither am so unwise to mistrust your wits , nor so suspicious
to ...
The queen , seeing longer resistance to be fruitless , taking the young duke by
the hand , thus addressed the cardinal and other lords : My lord , ( quod she , )
and all my lords , I neither am so unwise to mistrust your wits , nor so suspicious
to ...
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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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With a staff in his hand , a pair of spectacles hanging at his breast , and a Bible at
his girdle , he walked to the place of execution , with his fellow martyr , Nicholas
Ridley , bishop of London . On their way Ridley outwent Latimer some way ...
With a staff in his hand , a pair of spectacles hanging at his breast , and a Bible at
his girdle , he walked to the place of execution , with his fellow martyr , Nicholas
Ridley , bishop of London . On their way Ridley outwent Latimer some way ...
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... Dame Chat notice that Hodge will that night pay an evil - inten . tioned visitation
to her poultry . The dame accordingly prepares for his reception , and instead of
the ' needle , the doctor meets with a door - bar , wielded by the masculine hand ...
... Dame Chat notice that Hodge will that night pay an evil - inten . tioned visitation
to her poultry . The dame accordingly prepares for his reception , and instead of
the ' needle , the doctor meets with a door - bar , wielded by the masculine hand ...
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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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