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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... 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 overthrow . He therefore agreed , most reluctantly , to the terms proposed . She then tells him that when he ...
... 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 overthrow . He therefore agreed , most reluctantly , to the terms proposed . She then tells him that when he ...
Page 37
... live , I will that ye be my mistress , For I can naught myselvé guess Which is the best unto my choice . Thus grant I you mine wholé voice . Choose for us bothen , I you pray , And , what as ever that ye say , Right as ye willé , so ...
... live , I will that ye be my mistress , For I can naught myselvé guess Which is the best unto my choice . Thus grant I you mine wholé voice . Choose for us bothen , I you pray , And , what as ever that ye say , Right as ye willé , so ...
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... live . He willynge to iustifie hym sylfe ' sayde vnto Jesus : Who ys then my neighbour ? 1 Dr. Geddes . 2 See a beautiful edition of Tyndale's Testament , by Rev. J. P. Dabney , with an interesting memoir , published at Andover , Mass ...
... live . He willynge to iustifie hym sylfe ' sayde vnto Jesus : Who ys then my neighbour ? 1 Dr. Geddes . 2 See a beautiful edition of Tyndale's Testament , by Rev. J. P. Dabney , with an interesting memoir , published at Andover , Mass ...
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... live , Of mighty Love the wings for this me give.4 What little prose Sir Thomas Wyatt has left us , consists chiefly of letters . The following extract from a letter to his only son presents , in its elevated sentiments and ...
... live , Of mighty Love the wings for this me give.4 What little prose Sir Thomas Wyatt has left us , consists chiefly of letters . The following extract from a letter to his only son presents , in its elevated sentiments and ...
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... live orderly , nor yet so hable to speak learnedly , as they were at home , before they went abroad . * * * * * But I am afraid that over many of our travellers into Italy do not eschew the way to Circe's court , but go , and ride , and ...
... live orderly , nor yet so hable to speak learnedly , as they were at home , before they went abroad . * * * * * But I am afraid that over many of our travellers into Italy do not eschew the way to Circe's court , but go , and ride , and ...
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