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Page 208
... turned my eyes upon the deck - Oh , Christ ! what saw I there ! Each corse lay flat , lifeless and flat , And , by the holy rood ! A man all light , a seraph - man , On every corse there stood . This seraph - band , each waved his hand ...
... turned my eyes upon the deck - Oh , Christ ! what saw I there ! Each corse lay flat , lifeless and flat , And , by the holy rood ! A man all light , a seraph - man , On every corse there stood . This seraph - band , each waved his hand ...
Page 322
... turned grinning to his men , Who ran , some five or six , and beat His head to pieces at their feet . Then Godmar turned again , and said : ' So , Jehane , the first fitte is read ! Take note , my lady , that your way Lies backward to ...
... turned grinning to his men , Who ran , some five or six , and beat His head to pieces at their feet . Then Godmar turned again , and said : ' So , Jehane , the first fitte is read ! Take note , my lady , that your way Lies backward to ...
Page 406
... turned the knobs ; no answer . On the third day a warship passed us , heading north , Dead bodies piled on the deck . On the sixth day A plane plunged over us into the sea . Thereafter Nothing . The radios dumb ; And still they stand in ...
... turned the knobs ; no answer . On the third day a warship passed us , heading north , Dead bodies piled on the deck . On the sixth day A plane plunged over us into the sea . Thereafter Nothing . The radios dumb ; And still they stand in ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1340?1400 | 1 |
ROBERT HENRYSON c 14301506 | 7 |
ANONYMOUS | 15 |
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