Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from Earliest to the Present Time : Connected by a Critical and Biographical HistoryRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1850 - English literature |
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... till the breaking up of the language in the latter part of the twelfth century ; but it was graced by no names of distinction . We are here called upon to advert to the historical production usually called the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ...
... till the breaking up of the language in the latter part of the twelfth century ; but it was graced by no names of distinction . We are here called upon to advert to the historical production usually called the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle ...
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... till the close of the fifteenth century , and their spirit affected English literature till a still later period . Many of the bal- lads handed down amongst the common people are supposed to have been derived from them . * Ellis ...
... till the close of the fifteenth century , and their spirit affected English literature till a still later period . Many of the bal- lads handed down amongst the common people are supposed to have been derived from them . * Ellis ...
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... till him the horse he steers . And when Sir Henry saw the king Come on , foroutin abasing , Till him he rode in great hy . He thought that he should weel lichtly Win him , and have him at his will , Sin ' he him horsit saw sae ill ...
... till him the horse he steers . And when Sir Henry saw the king Come on , foroutin abasing , Till him he rode in great hy . He thought that he should weel lichtly Win him , and have him at his will , Sin ' he him horsit saw sae ill ...
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... till earth down steaming gaed . The Earl of Murray and his men , Sae stoutly them conteinit then , That they wan place ay mair and mair On their faes ; where they were , Ay ten for ane , or mair , perfay ; Sae that it seemit weel that ...
... till earth down steaming gaed . The Earl of Murray and his men , Sae stoutly them conteinit then , That they wan place ay mair and mair On their faes ; where they were , Ay ten for ane , or mair , perfay ; Sae that it seemit weel that ...
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... Till Berwick him again brought they . And there was treated sae , that he Should of prison delivered be , And freely till his lands found , To pay ane hundred thousand pound Of silver , intil fourteen year And [ while ] the payment ...
... Till Berwick him again brought they . And there was treated sae , that he Should of prison delivered be , And freely till his lands found , To pay ane hundred thousand pound Of silver , intil fourteen year And [ while ] the payment ...
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