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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... live . 8 Milton . 4 The reader may consult The Life and Opinions of John Wiclif , by Robert Vaughan , 8vo : The Life of Wiclif , by Professor Charles Webb Le Bas , London , 12mo : The Life of Wiclif , with an appendix and list of his ...
... live . 8 Milton . 4 The reader may consult The Life and Opinions of John Wiclif , by Robert Vaughan , 8vo : The Life of Wiclif , by Professor Charles Webb Le Bas , London , 12mo : The Life of Wiclif , with an appendix and list of his ...
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... live long to enjoy this accession to his for- tune , for he died on the twenty - fifth of October , 1400 , and was interred in Westminster Abbey . We know little of Chaucer as a member of society ; but we know that he had mingled with ...
... live long to enjoy this accession to his for- tune , for he died on the twenty - fifth of October , 1400 , and was interred in Westminster Abbey . We know little of Chaucer as a member of society ; but we know that he had mingled with ...
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... live ; Husbands at the church door had she had five , 13 1 In the interesting character of the " clerk " or scholar , whose poverty , delight in study , and in- attention to worldly affairs are eminently conspicuous , Warton thinks that ...
... live ; Husbands at the church door had she had five , 13 1 In the interesting character of the " clerk " or scholar , whose poverty , delight in study , and in- attention to worldly affairs are eminently conspicuous , Warton thinks that ...
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... live . He setté not his benefice to hire , And let his sheep accumbreds in the mire , And ran unto Londón unto Saint Poule's To seeken him a chantery9 for souls , Or with a brotherhood to be withold ; 10 But dwelt at home and kepté well ...
... live . He setté not his benefice to hire , And let his sheep accumbreds in the mire , And ran unto Londón unto Saint Poule's To seeken him a chantery9 for souls , Or with a brotherhood to be withold ; 10 But dwelt at home and kepté well ...
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... live very long ; and that while she did live he would put her Where that no man her shouldé know Till she with death were overthrow . He therefore agreed , most reluctantly , to the terms proposed . She then tells him that when he ...
... live very long ; and that while she did live he would put her Where that no man her shouldé know Till she with death were overthrow . He therefore agreed , most reluctantly , to the terms proposed . She then tells him that when he ...
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