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 1 |
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... Queen Elizabeth . I took my journey about the end of the year 1602 . When I came to court , I found the Queen ill disposed , and she kept her inner lodging ; yet she , hearing of my arrival , sent for me . I found her in one of her ...
... Queen Elizabeth . I took my journey about the end of the year 1602 . When I came to court , I found the Queen ill disposed , and she kept her inner lodging ; yet she , hearing of my arrival , sent for me . I found her in one of her ...
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... Queen , which would have done no harm , I doe not determine : but true it is , he had gotten the Queens eare at a trice , and she began to be taken with his elocution , and loved to hear his reasons to her demands : and the truth is ...
... Queen , which would have done no harm , I doe not determine : but true it is , he had gotten the Queens eare at a trice , and she began to be taken with his elocution , and loved to hear his reasons to her demands : and the truth is ...
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... Queen was clad in scarlet , Her merry maids all in green ; And every town that they cam to , They took Marie for the Queen . I. ' Ride hooly , hooly , gentlemen , Ride hooly now wi ' me ! For never , I am sure , a wearier burd Rade in ...
... Queen was clad in scarlet , Her merry maids all in green ; And every town that they cam to , They took Marie for the Queen . I. ' Ride hooly , hooly , gentlemen , Ride hooly now wi ' me ! For never , I am sure , a wearier burd Rade in ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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