English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)Ginn, 1916 - 792 pages |
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Page 95
... mind , that it wer con- venient to have the Byble in Englishe . " Syr , " quod your frende , " yet for al this , can I see no cause why the cleargie , shoulde kepe the Byble out of ley mennes handes , that can 2 no more but theyr mother ...
... mind , that it wer con- venient to have the Byble in Englishe . " Syr , " quod your frende , " yet for al this , can I see no cause why the cleargie , shoulde kepe the Byble out of ley mennes handes , that can 2 no more but theyr mother ...
Page 99
... mind appease . None of ye all there is that is so mad To seek grapes upon brambles or briars ; Nor none , I trow , that hath his wit so bad To set his hay 3 for conies over rivers , Nor ye set not a drag net for an hare ; And yet the ...
... mind appease . None of ye all there is that is so mad To seek grapes upon brambles or briars ; Nor none , I trow , that hath his wit so bad To set his hay 3 for conies over rivers , Nor ye set not a drag net for an hare ; And yet the ...
Page 101
... mind abhors And plaint eschews , yet thus will I begin : The Greekës chieftains , all irked with the war , Wherein they wasted had so many years , And oft repulsed by fatal destiny , - A huge horse made , high raisèd like a hill , By ...
... mind abhors And plaint eschews , yet thus will I begin : The Greekës chieftains , all irked with the war , Wherein they wasted had so many years , And oft repulsed by fatal destiny , - A huge horse made , high raisèd like a hill , By ...
Page 105
... mind Bade me come on , for here was now the place , The place where we our travel's end should find . 200 Wherewith I arose , and to the place assigned Astonied I stalk ; when straight we ap- proached near The dreadful place , that you ...
... mind Bade me come on , for here was now the place , The place where we our travel's end should find . 200 Wherewith I arose , and to the place assigned Astonied I stalk ; when straight we ap- proached near The dreadful place , that you ...
Page 113
... mind the best contentment has . With faire discourse the evening so they pas ; For that olde man of pleasing wordes ... minds . XXXVII Then choosing out few words most horrible , ( Let none them read ) thereof did verses frame ; With ...
... mind the best contentment has . With faire discourse the evening so they pas ; For that olde man of pleasing wordes ... minds . XXXVII Then choosing out few words most horrible , ( Let none them read ) thereof did verses frame ; With ...
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