Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902 - American literature |
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... thing . The Plough - Riddle xxii . Nitherward my neb is set , deep inclined I fare ; And along the ground I grub , going as he guideth me Who the hoary foe of holt is , and the Head of me . Forward bent he walks , he , the warden at my ...
... thing . The Plough - Riddle xxii . Nitherward my neb is set , deep inclined I fare ; And along the ground I grub , going as he guideth me Who the hoary foe of holt is , and the Head of me . Forward bent he walks , he , the warden at my ...
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... thing was at hand for the folk , direful punishment ; they cared not for that . Then , after many a winter , the faithful Creator saw that mightiest ocean - house towering up ready ; within and without with the lime of earth made fast ...
... thing was at hand for the folk , direful punishment ; they cared not for that . Then , after many a winter , the faithful Creator saw that mightiest ocean - house towering up ready ; within and without with the lime of earth made fast ...
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... thing , It is his and his ofspring . Adam hungri cam me to , Manrede dide I him me do ; For on appel ich gaf him , He is min and al his kin . Dominus . Satanas , it wes min . The appel , that thou gavest him , The appel and the appel ...
... thing , It is his and his ofspring . Adam hungri cam me to , Manrede dide I him me do ; For on appel ich gaf him , He is min and al his kin . Dominus . Satanas , it wes min . The appel , that thou gavest him , The appel and the appel ...
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... thing which shuldė tho betide , Under the town of newė Troye , Which toke of Brute his firstė joye , In Themse , whan it was flowend As I by bote came rowend , So as Fortune her time sette , My legé lord perchaunce I mette , And so ...
... thing which shuldė tho betide , Under the town of newė Troye , Which toke of Brute his firstė joye , In Themse , whan it was flowend As I by bote came rowend , So as Fortune her time sette , My legé lord perchaunce I mette , And so ...
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... thing he pleases ; nor do they drive any to dissemble their thoughts by threatenings , so that men are not tempted to lie or disguise their opinions among them ; which , be- ing a sort of fraud , is abhorred by the Utopians . ' Every ...
... thing he pleases ; nor do they drive any to dissemble their thoughts by threatenings , so that men are not tempted to lie or disguise their opinions among them ; which , be- ing a sort of fraud , is abhorred by the Utopians . ' Every ...
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