Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... , whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of a deep green . * That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , 4 HISTORY OF ...
... , whose plumes glitter , sport on the bed of billows , and where herb . age growing in a solitary place is of a deep green . * That is , it was the hour of noon . tended the Danes in their subsequent invasion of England , 4 HISTORY OF ...
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... in his contrée , ( d ) Hard rider . ( f ) A fine kind of fur . ( h ) Knew . ( a ) Mad . ( b ) Toil . ( c ) Biddeth . ( e ) Wrought on the edge . ( g ) Deep in the head , And eke with worthy wimmen of the toun : For 40 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... in his contrée , ( d ) Hard rider . ( f ) A fine kind of fur . ( h ) Knew . ( a ) Mad . ( b ) Toil . ( c ) Biddeth . ( e ) Wrought on the edge . ( g ) Deep in the head , And eke with worthy wimmen of the toun : For 40 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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... deep offence . But if his private expos- tulations with his gay and profligate sovereign were either frequent or warm , though they do not appear to have produced any effect Lyndsay deserves the praise of honest courage , and his master ...
... deep offence . But if his private expos- tulations with his gay and profligate sovereign were either frequent or warm , though they do not appear to have produced any effect Lyndsay deserves the praise of honest courage , and his master ...
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... deep ; the romantic and varied music of the " lovely lay " chanted by the other , with all its magic turns , and breaks , and languishing cadences , blends in 66 one harmonie , " in which Birds , voices , instruments , winds , waters ...
... deep ; the romantic and varied music of the " lovely lay " chanted by the other , with all its magic turns , and breaks , and languishing cadences , blends in 66 one harmonie , " in which Birds , voices , instruments , winds , waters ...
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... deep offence to all orders of ecclesiastics , by the reckless levity and ridicule with which they exposed the rapacity and craft , the luxury and cor- ruptions of churchmen , began to be dreaded as dan- gerous , as well as to be hated ...
... deep offence to all orders of ecclesiastics , by the reckless levity and ridicule with which they exposed the rapacity and craft , the luxury and cor- ruptions of churchmen , began to be dreaded as dan- gerous , as well as to be hated ...
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