Chamber's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of Authors in the English Tongue from the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volume 1J. B. Lippincott, 1910 - American literature |
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Page 57
... doth him to go agast for to dye ; But marchaundes metten with him and maden him to abide , Bisoughten him in here shoppes to sellen here ware , Apparayleden him as a prentis , the peple for to serve . Lightliche Lyer lepe awey thennes ...
... doth him to go agast for to dye ; But marchaundes metten with him and maden him to abide , Bisoughten him in here shoppes to sellen here ware , Apparayleden him as a prentis , the peple for to serve . Lightliche Lyer lepe awey thennes ...
Page 69
... doth her vois out - ringe ; in sure tones Right so Criseydá , whan her dredė stente , ceased Opned her herte , and tolde al her entente . hedges - stirring And right as he that saw his deth y - shapen , And deyen moste , in aught that ...
... doth her vois out - ringe ; in sure tones Right so Criseydá , whan her dredė stente , ceased Opned her herte , and tolde al her entente . hedges - stirring And right as he that saw his deth y - shapen , And deyen moste , in aught that ...
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... doth a strike of flex ; By ounces henge his lokkės that he hadde , In small pieces And therwith he his shuldres overspradde . But thynne it lay by colpons oon and oon ; But hood , for jolitee , ne wered he noon , For it was trussed up ...
... doth a strike of flex ; By ounces henge his lokkės that he hadde , In small pieces And therwith he his shuldres overspradde . But thynne it lay by colpons oon and oon ; But hood , for jolitee , ne wered he noon , For it was trussed up ...
Page 139
... doth obsti- nately refuse so godlye and goodly knowledge , or hym that so ungodly and so ungoodly doth abuse the same . And as touchynge the former , I wolde marvaile moche that any man sholde be so madd as to refuse in darkenes lyght ...
... doth obsti- nately refuse so godlye and goodly knowledge , or hym that so ungodly and so ungoodly doth abuse the same . And as touchynge the former , I wolde marvaile moche that any man sholde be so madd as to refuse in darkenes lyght ...
Page 145
... doth . And surelie the best wittes to lerning must nedes haue moche recreation and ceasing from their boke , or els they marre them selues , when base and dompysshe wittes can neuer be hurte with continuall studie , as ye se in luting ...
... doth . And surelie the best wittes to lerning must nedes haue moche recreation and ceasing from their boke , or els they marre them selues , when base and dompysshe wittes can neuer be hurte with continuall studie , as ye se in luting ...
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