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 - English literature |
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... Means to attain Happy Life , The Pardoner's Tale , JOHN BARBOUR , . Departure of Custance , The Good Parson , An Ironical ... Mean and Sure Estate , • 25 THOMAS TUSSER , . 26 26 26 Directions for Cultivating a Пop - Garden , Housewifely ...
... Means to attain Happy Life , The Pardoner's Tale , JOHN BARBOUR , . Departure of Custance , The Good Parson , An Ironical ... Mean and Sure Estate , • 25 THOMAS TUSSER , . 26 26 26 Directions for Cultivating a Пop - Garden , Housewifely ...
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... mean genius . During the eighth century , books were multiplied immensely by the labours of these men , and through their efforts learning de- scended into the upper classes of lay society . This * It is now believed that the British ...
... mean genius . During the eighth century , books were multiplied immensely by the labours of these men , and through their efforts learning de- scended into the upper classes of lay society . This * It is now believed that the British ...
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... mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every moneth changeth new , That who the very sothés knew All thing is built ...
... mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every moneth changeth new , That who the very sothés knew All thing is built ...
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... Means to attain Happy Life . Martial , the things that do attain The happy life , be these , I find , The riches left ... mean diet , no delicate fare ; True wisedom joined with simpleness ; The night discharged of all care ; Where wine ...
... Means to attain Happy Life . Martial , the things that do attain The happy life , be these , I find , The riches left ... mean diet , no delicate fare ; True wisedom joined with simpleness ; The night discharged of all care ; Where wine ...
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... mean nothing but honesty ; And though folks judge full diversely , I am as I am , and so will I die . I do not rejoice , nor yet complain , Both mirth and sadness I do refrain , And use the means since folks will feign ; Yet I am as I ...
... mean nothing but honesty ; And though folks judge full diversely , I am as I am , and so will I die . I do not rejoice , nor yet complain , Both mirth and sadness I do refrain , And use the means since folks will feign ; Yet I am as I ...
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