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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... with thee than any treasure , be it never so precious ; and certainly he should
not be called a gentleman that , after God and good conscience all things left , ne
doth his diligence and business to keepen his good name ; and Cassiodore saith
...
... with thee than any treasure , be it never so precious ; and certainly he should
not be called a gentleman that , after God and good conscience all things left , ne
doth his diligence and business to keepen his good name ; and Cassiodore saith
...
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The knight is summoned , and she thus addresses him : “ Florent , though thou art
guilty of Branchus ' s death , no punishment shall be visited upon thee , upon this
condition — that thou shalt be able to answer a question which I shall ask ...
The knight is summoned , and she thus addresses him : “ Florent , though thou art
guilty of Branchus ' s death , no punishment shall be visited upon thee , upon this
condition — that thou shalt be able to answer a question which I shall ask ...
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Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wraks but welfare ,
nought avails : Na good is thine , save only but thou spends ; Remenant all thou
brookis but with bales . Seek to soláce when sadness thee assails : In dolour
lang ...
Make thee good cheer of it that God thee sends , For worldis wraks but welfare ,
nought avails : Na good is thine , save only but thou spends ; Remenant all thou
brookis but with bales . Seek to soláce when sadness thee assails : In dolour
lang ...
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May chance thee lie wither ' d and old , The winter nights that are so cold ,
Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told ; Care then who
list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that. 1 This
poem ...
May chance thee lie wither ' d and old , The winter nights that are so cold ,
Plaining in vain unto the moon : Thy wishes then dare not be told ; Care then who
list ! for I have done . And then may chance thee to repent The time that. 1 This
poem ...
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And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou hast lost and spent , To
cause thy lovers sigh , and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And
wish and want , as I have done . Now cease , my lute ! this is the last Labor , that ...
And then may chance thee to repent The time that thou hast lost and spent , To
cause thy lovers sigh , and swoon : Then shalt thou know beauty but lent , And
wish and want , as I have done . Now cease , my lute ! this is the last Labor , that ...
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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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