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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2 Dwell , live . 3 Milton . 4 The reader may consult The Life and Opinions of John
Wictif , by Robert Vaughan , 8vo : The Life of Wiclif , by Professor Charles Webb
Le Bas , London , 12mo : The Life of Wiclif , with an appendix and list of his works
...
2 Dwell , live . 3 Milton . 4 The reader may consult The Life and Opinions of John
Wictif , by Robert Vaughan , 8vo : The Life of Wiclif , by Professor Charles Webb
Le Bas , London , 12mo : The Life of Wiclif , with an appendix and list of his works
...
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But he did not live long to enjoy this accession to his fortune , for he died on the
twenty - fifth of October , 1400 , and was interred in Westminster Abbey . We know
little of Chaucer as a member of society ; but we know that he had mingled with ...
But he did not live long to enjoy this accession to his fortune , for he died on the
twenty - fifth of October , 1400 , and was interred in Westminster Abbey . We know
little of Chaucer as a member of society ; but we know that he had mingled with ...
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She was a worthy woman all her live ; Husbands at the church door had she had
five . 13 - - - - - - - - - -. I In the interesting character of the " clerk " or scholar ,
whose poverty , delight in study , and inattention to worldly affairs are eminently ...
She was a worthy woman all her live ; Husbands at the church door had she had
five . 13 - - - - - - - - - -. I In the interesting character of the " clerk " or scholar ,
whose poverty , delight in study , and inattention to worldly affairs are eminently ...
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... be foul on whom we trust , No wonder is a lewéd ? man to rust ; And shame it is
, if that a priest take keep To see a “ fouléd ” shepherd and clean sheep : Well
ought a priest ensample for to give By his cleanness how his sheep should live .
... be foul on whom we trust , No wonder is a lewéd ? man to rust ; And shame it is
, if that a priest take keep To see a “ fouléd ” shepherd and clean sheep : Well
ought a priest ensample for to give By his cleanness how his sheep should live .
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He also calculated with some skill the doctrine of chances , and came to the
conclusion that she would probably not live very long ; and that while she did live
he would put her Where that no man her shouldé know Till she with death were ...
He also calculated with some skill the doctrine of chances , and came to the
conclusion that she would probably not live very long ; and that while she did live
he would put her Where that no man her shouldé know Till she with death were ...
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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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