Chamber's Cyclopędia 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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Born in pouerte rose apon the nobles , and made all thair godis Wales about 1395 , he was a fellow of Oriel , Oxford , to be comune . ... Item , the reaume off Ffraunce and received priest's orders in 1422. His prefergivith neuer ffrely ...
Born in pouerte rose apon the nobles , and made all thair godis Wales about 1395 , he was a fellow of Oriel , Oxford , to be comune . ... Item , the reaume off Ffraunce and received priest's orders in 1422. His prefergivith neuer ffrely ...
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All the wenchis of the west War up or the cok crew ; For reiling thair micht na man rest , racket For garray and for glew ; hurry - glee , mirth Ane said : My curches ar nocht prest ; kerchiefs Than answerit Meg full blew , anxious To ...
All the wenchis of the west War up or the cok crew ; For reiling thair micht na man rest , racket For garray and for glew ; hurry - glee , mirth Ane said : My curches ar nocht prest ; kerchiefs Than answerit Meg full blew , anxious To ...
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Thair wylecots man weill be hewit , petticoats Broudirit richt braid , with pasmentis sewit : I trow , quha wald the matter speir , That thair gudmen had caus to rew it , That evir thair wyfis weir sic geir . Thair wovin hois of silk ar ...
Thair wylecots man weill be hewit , petticoats Broudirit richt braid , with pasmentis sewit : I trow , quha wald the matter speir , That thair gudmen had caus to rew it , That evir thair wyfis weir sic geir . Thair wovin hois of silk ar ...
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| Title | Chamber's Cyclopędia 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 Chamber's Cyclopędia 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, John Liddell Geddie |
| Author | Robert Chambers |
| Editor | David Patrick |
| Published | 1922 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2010 |
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