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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... took the poor man's sheep ... [ text here is corrupt ] And dressed it for this stranger in his house . What , tell me , shall be done to him for this ? David . Now , as the Lord doth live , this wicked man Is judged and shall become the ...
... took the poor man's sheep ... [ text here is corrupt ] And dressed it for this stranger in his house . What , tell me , shall be done to him for this ? David . Now , as the Lord doth live , this wicked man Is judged and shall become the ...
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... took our leaves of him ; and presently I took order that Mr Selby , a very worthy honest preacher , should go to him , and not stir from him till his exe- cution the next morning : for after I had heard his own confession , I was ...
... took our leaves of him ; and presently I took order that Mr Selby , a very worthy honest preacher , should go to him , and not stir from him till his exe- cution the next morning : for after I had heard his own confession , I was ...
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... took no slight mark of the man , and his parts ; for from thence he came to be known , and to have accesse to the Queen and the lords ; and then we are not to doubt how such a man would comply and learn the way of progression . And ...
... took no slight mark of the man , and his parts ; for from thence he came to be known , and to have accesse to the Queen and the lords ; and then we are not to doubt how such a man would comply and learn the way of progression . And ...
Contents
HALFHEATHEN POETRY | 7 |
LATIN WRITERS BEFORE ÆLFRED | 16 |
POETRY FROM ALFRED TO THE CONQUEST | 23 |
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