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 91
... hath be made by any reaume off cristendome , off wich any cronicle makith mencion ; nor non other mey or hath cause to do so . Ffor thai haue not so much ffredome in thair owne godis , nor be entreted by so ffauerable lawes as we be ...
... hath be made by any reaume off cristendome , off wich any cronicle makith mencion ; nor non other mey or hath cause to do so . Ffor thai haue not so much ffredome in thair owne godis , nor be entreted by so ffauerable lawes as we be ...
Page 137
... hath ben in tymes past much estemed in this realme , it is a gyft of God that he hath geuen vs to excell all other nacions wyth all . It hath bene goddes instrumente , whereby he hath gyuen vs manye victories agaynste oure enemyes . But ...
... hath ben in tymes past much estemed in this realme , it is a gyft of God that he hath geuen vs to excell all other nacions wyth all . It hath bene goddes instrumente , whereby he hath gyuen vs manye victories agaynste oure enemyes . But ...
Page 310
... hath gathered it . Quicquid ætatis retro est mors tenet : ' Whatsoever of our age is past , death holds it . ' So as whosoever he be to whom Fortune hath been a servant and the Time a friend ; let him but take the account of his memory ...
... hath gathered it . Quicquid ætatis retro est mors tenet : ' Whatsoever of our age is past , death holds it . ' So as whosoever he be to whom Fortune hath been a servant and the Time a friend ; let him but take the account of his memory ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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