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 Reading |
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... pass TEN DAYS agreeably . ( Hence the name DECAMERON , from the Greek dɛɛα ( deka ) " ten , " and huɛpa ( hemera ) " a day . " Their princt- pal amusement was in telling tales in turn ; and as each of the ten told a story a day , and as ...
... pass TEN DAYS agreeably . ( Hence the name DECAMERON , from the Greek dɛɛα ( deka ) " ten , " and huɛpa ( hemera ) " a day . " Their princt- pal amusement was in telling tales in turn ; and as each of the ten told a story a day , and as ...
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... pass , he was attacked by a number of men , and was taken and led to a castle . In the affray , however , he had killed Branchus , the son and heir of the captain of the castle . The father and mother were ready to take vengeance on him ...
... pass , he was attacked by a number of men , and was taken and led to a castle . In the affray , however , he had killed Branchus , the son and heir of the captain of the castle . The father and mother were ready to take vengeance on him ...
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... pass ; That when my years be done withouten noise , I may die aged , after the common trace : For him death grip'th right hard by the crop , That is much known of other , and of himself , alas ! Doth die unknown , dased with dreadful ...
... pass ; That when my years be done withouten noise , I may die aged , after the common trace : For him death grip'th right hard by the crop , That is much known of other , and of himself , alas ! Doth die unknown , dased with dreadful ...
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... pass , In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy . Where each sweet place returns a taste full sour . The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , 1 I cannot but insert bere a portion of Dr. Nott's very discriminating and just ...
... pass , In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy . Where each sweet place returns a taste full sour . The large green courts , where we were wont to hove , 1 I cannot but insert bere a portion of Dr. Nott's very discriminating and just ...
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... pass rapidly by , " but nearer to our " float , " except that it means what swims through the water as well as on its surface . 6 This was not only the old way of spelling small , but also of pronouncing it , with the long a , as in ...
... pass rapidly by , " but nearer to our " float , " except that it means what swims through the water as well as on its surface . 6 This was not only the old way of spelling small , but also of pronouncing it , with the long a , as in ...
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