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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... lady , Saint Mary , did all another wise ; nor told she the angel any tale , but asked him shortly the thing she did not know . Do you , my dear sisters , follow our lady , and not the cackling Eve . Where- fore let an anchoress ...
... lady , Saint Mary , did all another wise ; nor told she the angel any tale , but asked him shortly the thing she did not know . Do you , my dear sisters , follow our lady , and not the cackling Eve . Where- fore let an anchoress ...
Page 41
... lady , One of hem swore hys othe That he ne wlde , for lefe ne lothe , would Halew more at the none Than hyt was wnt to be done ; Ne he ne shulde , for oure lady , But wyrche forthe the day holy . Dowun he smote hys mattok , And fyl hym ...
... lady , One of hem swore hys othe That he ne wlde , for lefe ne lothe , would Halew more at the none Than hyt was wnt to be done ; Ne he ne shulde , for oure lady , But wyrche forthe the day holy . Dowun he smote hys mattok , And fyl hym ...
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... lady of the castle comes to his bedside and shows her love to him . On her challenge Gawain craves a kiss at parting , and when his host returns and spreads before him the game he has caught , he clasps his hands round the lord's neck ...
... lady of the castle comes to his bedside and shows her love to him . On her challenge Gawain craves a kiss at parting , and when his host returns and spreads before him the game he has caught , he clasps his hands round the lord's neck ...
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... lady loutes a - doun , And comly kysses his face , Much speche thay ther expoun , Of druryes greme and grace . ( Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight ; ed . R. Morris , E.E.T.S. , 1864 , ll . 1476-1507 . ) She came to the bedside and looked ...
... lady loutes a - doun , And comly kysses his face , Much speche thay ther expoun , Of druryes greme and grace . ( Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight ; ed . R. Morris , E.E.T.S. , 1864 , ll . 1476-1507 . ) She came to the bedside and looked ...
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... expense of others . As the dreamer gazes a lovely lady appears ( Passus i . ) , who tells him that the tower is the abode of Truth - that Truth who made all things , and gave man clothing , meat , and drink , 56 William Langland.
... expense of others . As the dreamer gazes a lovely lady appears ( Passus i . ) , who tells him that the tower is the abode of Truth - that Truth who made all things , and gave man clothing , meat , and drink , 56 William Langland.
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