Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... Thee for Thy great mercy , and for the token of the holy rood , and for the maidenhood of St Mary , and for the obedience of St Michael , and for all the love of Thy holy saints and their worthiness , that Thou guide me better than I ...
... Thee for Thy great mercy , and for the token of the holy rood , and for the maidenhood of St Mary , and for the obedience of St Michael , and for all the love of Thy holy saints and their worthiness , that Thou guide me better than I ...
Page 25
... thee ; I believe from God it comes ! ' Repentance of Adam and Eve . ' Thou mayst it reproach me , Adam , my beloved , In these words of thine ; yet it may not worse repent thee , Rue thee in thy mind , than it rueth me in heart . ' Then ...
... thee ; I believe from God it comes ! ' Repentance of Adam and Eve . ' Thou mayst it reproach me , Adam , my beloved , In these words of thine ; yet it may not worse repent thee , Rue thee in thy mind , than it rueth me in heart . ' Then ...
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... thee liste , And gette thee a new wife . Noah . Shem , sonne , lo ! thy mother is wrawe . Forsooth swich another I do not knawe . • Shem . Father , I shall fett her in , I trawe Withouten any faile . Mother , my father after thee sende ...
... thee liste , And gette thee a new wife . Noah . Shem , sonne , lo ! thy mother is wrawe . Forsooth swich another I do not knawe . • Shem . Father , I shall fett her in , I trawe Withouten any faile . Mother , my father after thee sende ...
Page 54
... thee to Christ and thee clean make , For ever is [ He ] polished as plain as the pearl itself . The latter , which has 531 lines , enforces the duty of patience by the story , not of Job , but of Jonah . Both poems rise far above the ...
... thee to Christ and thee clean make , For ever is [ He ] polished as plain as the pearl itself . The latter , which has 531 lines , enforces the duty of patience by the story , not of Job , but of Jonah . Both poems rise far above the ...
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... thee , That thou hast lyked me thus to rescowe ; And oon avow to Love I wol avowe , That al this May I wol thy ... thee under full light reules and naked wordes in Englisshe , for Latyn canst thou yit but small , my litel sone . But ...
... thee , That thou hast lyked me thus to rescowe ; And oon avow to Love I wol avowe , That al this May I wol thy ... thee under full light reules and naked wordes in Englisshe , for Latyn canst thou yit but small , my litel sone . But ...
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