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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Page 66
Now God knoweth , I was ignorant of the law , but that God gave me answer and
wisdom what I should speak . It was God indeed , for else I had never escaped
them . At the last I was brought forth to be examined , into a chamber hanged with
...
Now God knoweth , I was ignorant of the law , but that God gave me answer and
wisdom what I should speak . It was God indeed , for else I had never escaped
them . At the last I was brought forth to be examined , into a chamber hanged with
...
Page 67
God was my good Lord , and gave me answer ; I could never else have escaped
it . The question was this : Master Latimer , do you not think on your conscience ,
that you have been suspected of heresy ? A subtle question , a very subtle ...
God was my good Lord , and gave me answer ; I could never else have escaped
it . The question was this : Master Latimer , do you not think on your conscience ,
that you have been suspected of heresy ? A subtle question , a very subtle ...
Page 72
... Of all the women that I have seen , I never saw nor knew in my conscience ,
Any one woman out of patience . Nothing can exceed the surprise of the other
three at this astounding assertion , except the ingenuity with which they are made
to ...
... Of all the women that I have seen , I never saw nor knew in my conscience ,
Any one woman out of patience . Nothing can exceed the surprise of the other
three at this astounding assertion , except the ingenuity with which they are made
to ...
Page 76
to learning must needs have much recreation and easing from their book , or else
they mar themselves ; when base and dumpish wits can never be hurt with
continual study ; as ye see in luting , that a treble minikin string inust always be let
...
to learning must needs have much recreation and easing from their book , or else
they mar themselves ; when base and dumpish wits can never be hurt with
continual study ; as ye see in luting , that a treble minikin string inust always be let
...
Page 79
I know divers noble personages , and many worthy gentlemen of England , whom
all the syren songs of Italy could never untwine from the mast of God ' s word ; nor
no inchantment of vanity overturn them from the fear of God and love of ...
I know divers noble personages , and many worthy gentlemen of England , whom
all the syren songs of Italy could never untwine from the mast of God ' s word ; nor
no inchantment of vanity overturn them from the fear of God and love of ...
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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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