A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical SketchesNelson, 1892 - 550 pages |
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... crush down his early love for a girl of great beauty , and to devote himself with might and main to the austerities of a monkish life . Be- * A Soot then meant a native of Ireland . DECAY OF SAXON LITERATURE . 27 side the church wall.
... crush down his early love for a girl of great beauty , and to devote himself with might and main to the austerities of a monkish life . Be- * A Soot then meant a native of Ireland . DECAY OF SAXON LITERATURE . 27 side the church wall.
Page 42
... beauty of design and richness of colouring , many productions of the quiet Scriptorium remain unsurpassed by modern pencils . Let us draw near to this cowled transcriber - evidently a monk of note from his solitary state - who sits ...
... beauty of design and richness of colouring , many productions of the quiet Scriptorium remain unsurpassed by modern pencils . Let us draw near to this cowled transcriber - evidently a monk of note from his solitary state - who sits ...
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... bonnet , a joyous spirit shone in his wrinkled face . A small , fair , round - trimmed beard fringed those lips , whose red fulness was remarked as a special beauty in the hand- 56 66 THE CANTERBURY TALES . some face of the.
... bonnet , a joyous spirit shone in his wrinkled face . A small , fair , round - trimmed beard fringed those lips , whose red fulness was remarked as a special beauty in the hand- 56 66 THE CANTERBURY TALES . some face of the.
Page 66
... Beauty enough to make a world to dote . * * * * * And for to walk that fresh May's morrow , Ane hook she had upon her tissue white , That goodlier had not been seen to - forow , As I suppose ; and girt she was alite , Thus halflings ...
... Beauty enough to make a world to dote . * * * * * And for to walk that fresh May's morrow , Ane hook she had upon her tissue white , That goodlier had not been seen to - forow , As I suppose ; and girt she was alite , Thus halflings ...
Page 79
... beauty from the frozen ground , they are loved and welcomed as the harbingers of brighter days . A few notes of his rapid rise must suffice here . Appointed reader , that is , lecturer , at Furnival's Inn , * he soon became a popular ...
... beauty from the frozen ground , they are loved and welcomed as the harbingers of brighter days . A few notes of his rapid rise must suffice here . Appointed reader , that is , lecturer , at Furnival's Inn , * he soon became a popular ...
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