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 142
... eye to depresse this newe pernicious sekte of the Lutarynnauncers that it do not encreace within hys domynyons ... eyes beyng sett in his hed , whos sight faylled hyme . Then we began to put hyme in remembraunce of Christ's passion ...
... eye to depresse this newe pernicious sekte of the Lutarynnauncers that it do not encreace within hys domynyons ... eyes beyng sett in his hed , whos sight faylled hyme . Then we began to put hyme in remembraunce of Christ's passion ...
Page 161
... eyes cast up into the maydens tower , And easie sighes , such as folke drawe in love : The stately seates , the ladies bright of hewe : The daunces shorte , long tales of great delight : With wordes and lokes , that tygers coulde but ...
... eyes cast up into the maydens tower , And easie sighes , such as folke drawe in love : The stately seates , the ladies bright of hewe : The daunces shorte , long tales of great delight : With wordes and lokes , that tygers coulde but ...
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... eyes with all the passion and skill of a great uncon- scious artist . His reports of his four successive interviews with Mary are ineffaceable photographs , which by their truth and vivacity would alone be the adequate proof of his ...
... eyes with all the passion and skill of a great uncon- scious artist . His reports of his four successive interviews with Mary are ineffaceable photographs , which by their truth and vivacity would alone be the adequate proof of his ...
Page 245
... eyes unsteadfast , rolling here and there , Whirled on each place , as place that vengeaunce brought , So was her minde continually in feare , Tossed and tormented with the tedious thought Of those detested crymes which shee had wrought ...
... eyes unsteadfast , rolling here and there , Whirled on each place , as place that vengeaunce brought , So was her minde continually in feare , Tossed and tormented with the tedious thought Of those detested crymes which shee had wrought ...
Page 246
... eyes , When hee is up , and to his worke yrun ; But let the nights blacke misty mantles rise And with foule darke never so much disguise The fayre bright day , yet ceaseth hee no while , But hath his candels to prolong his toyle . By ...
... eyes , When hee is up , and to his worke yrun ; But let the nights blacke misty mantles rise And with foule darke never so much disguise The fayre bright day , yet ceaseth hee no while , But hath his candels to prolong his toyle . By ...
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