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... age in which they were written ; while others are in themselves monuments of literary history , possessing beauties which entitle them to revival . If they have fallen into oblivion , it is only from the antiquity of the language , the ...
... age in which they were written ; while others are in themselves monuments of literary history , possessing beauties which entitle them to revival . If they have fallen into oblivion , it is only from the antiquity of the language , the ...
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... age , And wedded oon Wanhope , A wenche of the stuwes . Hir sire was a sysour That nevere swoor truthe , Oon Tomme Two - tonge , Atteynt at ech enqueste . 14231 14242 This Sleuthe was war of werre , And a slynge made , And threw drede ...
... age , And wedded oon Wanhope , A wenche of the stuwes . Hir sire was a sysour That nevere swoor truthe , Oon Tomme Two - tonge , Atteynt at ech enqueste . 14231 14242 This Sleuthe was war of werre , And a slynge made , And threw drede ...
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... age , And hitte me under the ere , Unnethe myghte ich here . [ mouth , He buffetted me so aboute the That out my teeth he bette ; And gyved me in goutes , may noght goon at large . And of the wo that I was inne My wif hande ruthe , And ...
... age , And hitte me under the ere , Unnethe myghte ich here . [ mouth , He buffetted me so aboute the That out my teeth he bette ; And gyved me in goutes , may noght goon at large . And of the wo that I was inne My wif hande ruthe , And ...
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... ages . 291. This fable appears to be of middle - age formation , for it is not found in any of the ancient collections . It does not occur in the fables of Marie . It is however found in the old collection , in French verse of the ...
... ages . 291. This fable appears to be of middle - age formation , for it is not found in any of the ancient collections . It does not occur in the fables of Marie . It is however found in the old collection , in French verse of the ...
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... age , refines upon this notion , and talks of five " internall wittes , " answering to the five external wits , or to ... ages , that the tree on which Judas hanged himself was an elder . Maundevile tells us that this tree was still in ...
... age , refines upon this notion , and talks of five " internall wittes , " answering to the five external wits , or to ... ages , that the tree on which Judas hanged himself was an elder . Maundevile tells us that this tree was still in ...
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