A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes ... : Designed as a Text-book for the Highest Classes in Schools and for Junior Classes in Colleges, as Well as for Private ReadingE.C. & J. Biddle, 1852 - 776 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... Called . 3 The pole star . 6 Advice . 7 One . 4 That is , the star to which the loadstone or magnet points . 8 Subtle . 9 Think . 10 May not , that is , cannot . lesse , 1 than wee mowe falle toward Hevene , 20 [ RICHARD II . MANDEVILLE ...
... Called . 3 The pole star . 6 Advice . 7 One . 4 That is , the star to which the loadstone or magnet points . 8 Subtle . 9 Think . 10 May not , that is , cannot . lesse , 1 than wee mowe falle toward Hevene , 20 [ RICHARD II . MANDEVILLE ...
Pagina 26
... called forth by a transient sunshine , are nipped by frosts and scattered by storms . " Chaucer was born probably about the year 1328 , though all attempts to fix the precise year have utterly failed . His parentage is unknown , nor is ...
... called forth by a transient sunshine , are nipped by frosts and scattered by storms . " Chaucer was born probably about the year 1328 , though all attempts to fix the precise year have utterly failed . His parentage is unknown , nor is ...
Pagina 29
... called " The Tabard . " The Tabard was a " jacket , or sleeveless coat , worn in times past by noblemen in the wars , but now only by heralds , and is called their coat of arms in service . " - Speght . 2 Wenden - go , make way . 8 Wide ...
... called " The Tabard . " The Tabard was a " jacket , or sleeveless coat , worn in times past by noblemen in the wars , but now only by heralds , and is called their coat of arms in service . " - Speght . 2 Wenden - go , make way . 8 Wide ...
Pagina 34
... called a gentleman that , after God and good conscience all things left , ne doth his diligence and business to keepen his good name ; and Cassiodore saith , that it is a sign of a gentle heart , when a man loveth and desireth to have a ...
... called a gentleman that , after God and good conscience all things left , ne doth his diligence and business to keepen his good name ; and Cassiodore saith , that it is a sign of a gentle heart , when a man loveth and desireth to have a ...
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... length he came to a large tree , under which sat an old woman most ugly to view- That for to speak of flesh and bone So foul yet saw he never none . Our hero was riding by briskly , when she called 1399-1413 . ] 35 GOWER .
... length he came to a large tree , under which sat an old woman most ugly to view- That for to speak of flesh and bone So foul yet saw he never none . Our hero was riding by briskly , when she called 1399-1413 . ] 35 GOWER .
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