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 41
... never whether ys whether , The yelughe wymple or the lether . Yellow know skin ( Robert of Brunne's Handlyng Synne ; ed . F. J. Furnivall , Roxburghe Club , 1862 , II . 3442-3451 . ) And here is an account of the evil fate which befell ...
... never whether ys whether , The yelughe wymple or the lether . Yellow know skin ( Robert of Brunne's Handlyng Synne ; ed . F. J. Furnivall , Roxburghe Club , 1862 , II . 3442-3451 . ) And here is an account of the evil fate which befell ...
Page 53
... never , Bot to lelly layne for hir lorde ; the leude hym acordes , That never wyghe schulde hit wyt , i - wysse , bot thay twayne , For noghte ; He thonkked hir oft ful swythe , Ful thro with hert and thoght Bi that on thrynne sythe Ho ...
... never , Bot to lelly layne for hir lorde ; the leude hym acordes , That never wyghe schulde hit wyt , i - wysse , bot thay twayne , For noghte ; He thonkked hir oft ful swythe , Ful thro with hert and thoght Bi that on thrynne sythe Ho ...
Page 67
... never , I kan nat tellen wher : Therfore I stynte , I nam no divinistre Of soulés fynde I nat in this registre , are typical of his spirit in the heyday of his powers ; and though he laid bare the worldliness and knavery of the hangers ...
... never , I kan nat tellen wher : Therfore I stynte , I nam no divinistre Of soulés fynde I nat in this registre , are typical of his spirit in the heyday of his powers ; and though he laid bare the worldliness and knavery of the hangers ...
Page 94
... never pray the to save his lyf , for I will never be soo moche in thy daunger [ obliged to you ] . ' ' Thenne shalle he deye , ' sayde Beaumayns . Not soo hardy , thou bawdy [ dirty ] knave , ' sayd the damoysel , that thou slee hym ...
... never pray the to save his lyf , for I will never be soo moche in thy daunger [ obliged to you ] . ' ' Thenne shalle he deye , ' sayde Beaumayns . Not soo hardy , thou bawdy [ dirty ] knave , ' sayd the damoysel , that thou slee hym ...
Page 110
... never so lothe , And nothing with you take bot sich a wyndyng clothe ; Youre wife sorow shall slake ; youre chylder also both Unnes youre mynnyng make , if ye be never so wrothe ; 8,9 Thai myn you with nothyng That may be youre helpyng ...
... never so lothe , And nothing with you take bot sich a wyndyng clothe ; Youre wife sorow shall slake ; youre chylder also both Unnes youre mynnyng make , if ye be never so wrothe ; 8,9 Thai myn you with nothyng That may be youre helpyng ...
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