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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... noble bokes of wysedom , of the lyves , passions , and myracles of holy sayntes , of hystoryes , of noble and famouse actes , and faittes [ deeds ] , and of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the world , unto thys ...
... noble bokes of wysedom , of the lyves , passions , and myracles of holy sayntes , of hystoryes , of noble and famouse actes , and faittes [ deeds ] , and of the cronycles sith the begynnyng of the creacion of the world , unto thys ...
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... noble blood of Scotlande , that then they maye with authoritie do that , whiche neither noble man nor poore man in Scotlande yet doeth knowe . And as for Scottishe men and Englishe men be not enemyes by nature , but by custome : not by ...
... noble blood of Scotlande , that then they maye with authoritie do that , whiche neither noble man nor poore man in Scotlande yet doeth knowe . And as for Scottishe men and Englishe men be not enemyes by nature , but by custome : not by ...
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... noble Erpingham , Which did the signall ayme To our hid forces ; When from a medow by , Like a storme suddenly , The English archery Stuck the French horses . With Spanish Ewgh so strong , Arrowes a cloth - yard long , That like to ...
... noble Erpingham , Which did the signall ayme To our hid forces ; When from a medow by , Like a storme suddenly , The English archery Stuck the French horses . With Spanish Ewgh so strong , Arrowes a cloth - yard long , That like to ...
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HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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