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 45
... hath i - leie there Fulle seve yere . Ihc am i - come to loke Ef eni fiss hit toke . Ihc am i - come to fisse : Drink to me of disse , Drink to Horn of horne : Feor ihc am i - orne . ' Rymenhilde him gan bihelde , Hire heorte bigan to ...
... hath i - leie there Fulle seve yere . Ihc am i - come to loke Ef eni fiss hit toke . Ihc am i - come to fisse : Drink to me of disse , Drink to Horn of horne : Feor ihc am i - orne . ' Rymenhilde him gan bihelde , Hire heorte bigan to ...
Page 69
... hath founden al his cure . And now swetnéssé semeth more swete That bitternesse assayed was biforn ; For out of wo in blissé now they flete ; Non swich they felten sin they were born . Now is this bet than bothe two be lorn ! For love ...
... hath founden al his cure . And now swetnéssé semeth more swete That bitternesse assayed was biforn ; For out of wo in blissé now they flete ; Non swich they felten sin they were born . Now is this bet than bothe two be lorn ! For love ...
Page 70
... hath holde ; And to the launde he rideth hym ful right , - open space For thider was the hert wont have his flight , - And over a brook , and so forth in his weye . The Duc wol han a cours at hym , or tweye , With houndės , swiche as ...
... hath holde ; And to the launde he rideth hym ful right , - open space For thider was the hert wont have his flight , - And over a brook , and so forth in his weye . The Duc wol han a cours at hym , or tweye , With houndės , swiche as ...
Page 78
... hath swich thyng forsworne , stubborn At instance of Writyng , his werreyour That Stooping hath hym spilt with his labour . Many men , fadir , wenen that writýnge No travaile is ; thei hold it but a game : Art hath no foe but swich folk ...
... hath swich thyng forsworne , stubborn At instance of Writyng , his werreyour That Stooping hath hym spilt with his labour . Many men , fadir , wenen that writýnge No travaile is ; thei hold it but a game : Art hath no foe but swich folk ...
Page 83
... hath many faire cytees and townes . In that kyngdom lith the body of seynt Thomas the Apostle in flesch and bon , in a faire tombe in the cytee of Calamye ; for there he was martyred and buryed . And men of Assirie beere his body into ...
... hath many faire cytees and townes . In that kyngdom lith the body of seynt Thomas the Apostle in flesch and bon , in a faire tombe in the cytee of Calamye ; for there he was martyred and buryed . And men of Assirie beere his body into ...
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