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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... hard man , and in his unceasing quarrels , in which his houses were more than once formally besieged , he may have been as often wrong as right . His parents contracted him to Margaret Mauteby , who , though she had never seen him till ...
... hard man , and in his unceasing quarrels , in which his houses were more than once formally besieged , he may have been as often wrong as right . His parents contracted him to Margaret Mauteby , who , though she had never seen him till ...
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... hard tel how that my mother Was deid , fra hand , he tuke to him ane uther : Then Meg , my wife , did murne baith evin and morow , Till at the last scho deit for verie sorow : And quhen the Vickar hard tell my wyfe was dead , The thrid ...
... hard tel how that my mother Was deid , fra hand , he tuke to him ane uther : Then Meg , my wife , did murne baith evin and morow , Till at the last scho deit for verie sorow : And quhen the Vickar hard tell my wyfe was dead , The thrid ...
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... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on : And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em ; That had the orator , who once Did fill his mouth with pebble - stones When he harangued , but known his ...
... hard , no stone Was hard enough to touch them on : And when with hasty noise he spoke ' em , The ignorant for current took ' em ; That had the orator , who once Did fill his mouth with pebble - stones When he harangued , but known his ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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