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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But during the waning fortunes of that nobleman , Chaucer also suffered , and
was indeed imprisoned for a short time ; but on the return of the Duke of
Lancaster from Spain , 1389 , he had once more a steady protector , and on the
accession ...
But during the waning fortunes of that nobleman , Chaucer also suffered , and
was indeed imprisoned for a short time ; but on the return of the Duke of
Lancaster from Spain , 1389 , he had once more a steady protector , and on the
accession ...
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He turned at once , and begged her to advise him what he should do . Said she ,
“ What wilt thou give me , if I will point out a course by means of which you shall
escape death ? " " Any thing you may ask , " said he . “ I want nothing more than ...
He turned at once , and begged her to advise him what he should do . Said she ,
“ What wilt thou give me , if I will point out a course by means of which you shall
escape death ? " " Any thing you may ask , " said he . “ I want nothing more than ...
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... or to the sun itself : or how any should value himself because his cloth is made
of finer thread ; for , how fine soever that thread may be , it was once no better
than the fleece of a sheep , and that sheep was a sheep still for all its wearing it .
... or to the sun itself : or how any should value himself because his cloth is made
of finer thread ; for , how fine soever that thread may be , it was once no better
than the fleece of a sheep , and that sheep was a sheep still for all its wearing it .
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And therewithal , she said unto the child : Farewell , my own sweet son ; God
send you good keeping ; let me kiss you once yet ere you go : for God knoweth
when we shall kiss together again . And therewith she kissed him , and blessed
him ...
And therewithal , she said unto the child : Farewell , my own sweet son ; God
send you good keeping ; let me kiss you once yet ere you go : for God knoweth
when we shall kiss together again . And therewith she kissed him , and blessed
him ...
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... vain , of none avail ; Costly in keeping , past , not worth two peason ; 2
Slipperer in sliding than is an eel ' s tail ; Hard to obtain , once gotten never
geason ; 3 Jewel of jeopardy , 4 that peril doth assail ; False and untrue , enticed
oft to treason ...
... vain , of none avail ; Costly in keeping , past , not worth two peason ; 2
Slipperer in sliding than is an eel ' s tail ; Hard to obtain , once gotten never
geason ; 3 Jewel of jeopardy , 4 that peril doth assail ; False and untrue , enticed
oft to treason ...
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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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