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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142 ROBERT SOUTHWELL . . . . . . The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) . . 89
Times go by Turns . . . . . . Scorn not the Least . . . . . . . . . . . . Content and Rich . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prose - Mary Magdalen ' s Tears . . . Life hath no Unmeddled Joy
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142 ROBERT SOUTHWELL . . . . . . The Power of Truth , Bryant , ( note ) . . 89
Times go by Turns . . . . . . Scorn not the Least . . . . . . . . . . . . Content and Rich . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prose - Mary Magdalen ' s Tears . . . Life hath no Unmeddled Joy
...
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That the New Testament is of full autority , and open to understanding of simple
men , as to the points that ben most needful to salvation ; that the text of holy writ
ben word of everlasting life , and that he that keepeth meekness and charity ,
hath ...
That the New Testament is of full autority , and open to understanding of simple
men , as to the points that ben most needful to salvation ; that the text of holy writ
ben word of everlasting life , and that he that keepeth meekness and charity ,
hath ...
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Whenné that April , with his showrés sote , 3 The drouth of March hath piercéd to
the rote , And bathéd every vein in such licoúr , Of which virtúe engendred is the
flow ' r ; When Zephirus eké , with his sotés breath , Inspired hath in every holt ...
Whenné that April , with his showrés sote , 3 The drouth of March hath piercéd to
the rote , And bathéd every vein in such licoúr , Of which virtúe engendred is the
flow ' r ; When Zephirus eké , with his sotés breath , Inspired hath in every holt ...
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And when dame Albine was come to that land , and all her sisters , this Albine
went first forth out of the ship , and said to her other sisters : For as much , ( said
she , ) as I am the eldest sister of all this company , and first this land hath taken ...
And when dame Albine was come to that land , and all her sisters , this Albine
went first forth out of the ship , and said to her other sisters : For as much , ( said
she , ) as I am the eldest sister of all this company , and first this land hath taken ...
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He sent us all that we have lost ; and since he hath by such a chance taken it
away again , his pleasure be fulfilled ! Let us never grudge thereat , but take it in
good worth , and heartily thank him , as well for adversity as for prosperity , And ...
He sent us all that we have lost ; and since he hath by such a chance taken it
away again , his pleasure be fulfilled ! Let us never grudge thereat , but take it in
good worth , and heartily thank him , as well for adversity as for prosperity , And ...
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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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