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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Page 263
... cause that Rhomeo , fearing discouery of their loue , began the day time to paffe no more before the Gate , but fo foone as the Night with his browne Mantell had couered the Earth , hee walked alone vp and downe that little ftreat . And ...
... cause that Rhomeo , fearing discouery of their loue , began the day time to paffe no more before the Gate , but fo foone as the Night with his browne Mantell had couered the Earth , hee walked alone vp and downe that little ftreat . And ...
Page 450
... cause the raine and tempests to fall round about , without touching the said Palace . These which thus doe are called Tebeth and Chesmir , two sorts of Idolaters , which delude the people with opinion of their sanctitie , imputing these ...
... cause the raine and tempests to fall round about , without touching the said Palace . These which thus doe are called Tebeth and Chesmir , two sorts of Idolaters , which delude the people with opinion of their sanctitie , imputing these ...
Page 822
... cause to write with Nicolaus de Clemangis a book of lamentation , de corrupto ecclesiæ statu , will find also cause to write with him de lapsu et reparatione justitiæ . As the thing is of high concernment to these so much disturbed and ...
... cause to write with Nicolaus de Clemangis a book of lamentation , de corrupto ecclesiæ statu , will find also cause to write with him de lapsu et reparatione justitiæ . As the thing is of high concernment to these so much disturbed and ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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