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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... earth . But in some respects Wiclif claims precedence of Luther . We must ever bear in mind that he was two hundred years before him , and that he lived in a darker night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its fullest ...
... earth . But in some respects Wiclif claims precedence of Luther . We must ever bear in mind that he was two hundred years before him , and that he lived in a darker night of ignorance , and when the papal power was in its fullest ...
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... earth , seas , and skies , The whole creation open to my eyes . 3 Prick - point . In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry ...
... earth , seas , and skies , The whole creation open to my eyes . 3 Prick - point . In air self - balanced hung the globe below , Where mountains rise , and circling oceans flow ; Here naked rocks and empty wastes are seen , There tow'ry ...
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... earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , gif thou in goods be poor ; Who livis merry , he livis mightily : Without gladnéss availis no treasure . IV . Though all the werk that ever had livand wight Were only thine , no more thy ...
... earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , gif thou in goods be poor ; Who livis merry , he livis mightily : Without gladnéss availis no treasure . IV . Though all the werk that ever had livand wight Were only thine , no more thy ...
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... earth when the hounds were at a fault , and with horns about their necks , to sound an alarm upon a silly fugitive . The hounds were straight uncoupled , and ere long the stag thought it better to trust to the nimbleness of his feet ...
... earth when the hounds were at a fault , and with horns about their necks , to sound an alarm upon a silly fugitive . The hounds were straight uncoupled , and ere long the stag thought it better to trust to the nimbleness of his feet ...
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... earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done ; neither with so pleasant rivers , fruit- ful trees , sweet - smelling flowers , nor whatsoever else may make the too - much - loved earth more lovely : her world is brazen , the ...
... earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done ; neither with so pleasant rivers , fruit- ful trees , sweet - smelling flowers , nor whatsoever else may make the too - much - loved earth more lovely : her world is brazen , the ...
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