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 |
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... keep guard at the stable during the night , and , overcome with vexation , he quitted the table and retired to his post of duty , where , laying himself down , he fell into a sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep , a stranger ...
... keep guard at the stable during the night , and , overcome with vexation , he quitted the table and retired to his post of duty , where , laying himself down , he fell into a sound slumber . In the midst of his sleep , a stranger ...
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... keep from harm and eke from shame In the salt sea , although I see not how : As strong as ever he was , he is yet now : In him trust I , and in his mother dear , That is to me my sail and eke my steer . " 2 Her little child lay weeping ...
... keep from harm and eke from shame In the salt sea , although I see not how : As strong as ever he was , he is yet now : In him trust I , and in his mother dear , That is to me my sail and eke my steer . " 2 Her little child lay weeping ...
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... keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In other wines growing fasté by , Of ...
... keep , it is no drede.5 Now keep you from the white and from the rede , 6 And namely from the white wine of Lepe , 7 That is to sell in Fish Street and in Cheap . This wine of Spain creepeth subtlely In other wines growing fasté by , Of ...
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... keep , To see a sullied shepherd , and clean sheep . For sure a priest the sample ought to give By his own cleanness how his sheep should live . He never set his benefice to hire , Leaving his flock acomber'd in the mire , And ran to ...
... keep , To see a sullied shepherd , and clean sheep . For sure a priest the sample ought to give By his own cleanness how his sheep should live . He never set his benefice to hire , Leaving his flock acomber'd in the mire , And ran to ...
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... keep you and govern you in such wise , that men call you not fool - large ; therefore , saith Tullius , The goods of ... keeping of thy friends and of thy good name , for it shall longer abide with thee than any treasure , be it never so ...
... keep you and govern you in such wise , that men call you not fool - large ; therefore , saith Tullius , The goods of ... keeping of thy friends and of thy good name , for it shall longer abide with thee than any treasure , be it never so ...
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