Practical Modern English, Volume 3University of London Press, 1949 |
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... leave him , but in Good Deeds , too , Everyman has found a friend who says : All earthly thing is but vanity : Beauty , Strength and Discretion , do man forsake , Foolish friends and kinsmen , that fair spake , All fleeth save Good ...
... leave him , but in Good Deeds , too , Everyman has found a friend who says : All earthly thing is but vanity : Beauty , Strength and Discretion , do man forsake , Foolish friends and kinsmen , that fair spake , All fleeth save Good ...
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... leave me thus ? Say nay , say nay . And wilt thou leave me thus , That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among ? And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay , say nay . And wilt thou leave me thus , That hath ...
... leave me thus ? Say nay , say nay . And wilt thou leave me thus , That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among ? And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay , say nay . And wilt thou leave me thus , That hath ...
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Evelyne White. And wilt thou leave me thus , And have no more pity Of him that loveth thee ? Alas , thy cruelty ! And ... leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburned brain . But words came ...
Evelyne White. And wilt thou leave me thus , And have no more pity Of him that loveth thee ? Alas , thy cruelty ! And ... leaves , to see if thence would flow Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sunburned brain . But words came ...
Contents
THE LITERATURE OF THE ANGLOSAXONS | 9 |
THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND AFTER | 18 |
GEOFFREY CHAUCER THE FATHER OF ENGLISH POETRY | 24 |
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