Great English Writers, Volume 1Oscar James Campbell, Hardin Craig, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Joseph Morris Thomas F. S. Crofts & Company, 1939 A chronological rearrangement, with many additions, of the material included in the editors' Great English poets and Great English prose writers. cf. Pref. |
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... whan Ilioun Was wonne , and Pirrus with his streite swerd , Whan he hadde hent king Priam by the berd , And slayn him , -as saith us Eneydos , — As maden alle the hennes in the clos , Whan they had seyn of Chauntecleer the sighte . 540 ...
... whan Ilioun Was wonne , and Pirrus with his streite swerd , Whan he hadde hent king Priam by the berd , And slayn him , -as saith us Eneydos , — As maden alle the hennes in the clos , Whan they had seyn of Chauntecleer the sighte . 540 ...
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... whan he sholde see , Al wilfully , God lat him never thee ! " " Nay , " quod the fox , " but God yive him meschaunce , That is so undiscreet of governaunce That iangleth whan he sholde holde his pees . " Lo , swich it is for to be ...
... whan he sholde see , Al wilfully , God lat him never thee ! " " Nay , " quod the fox , " but God yive him meschaunce , That is so undiscreet of governaunce That iangleth whan he sholde holde his pees . " Lo , swich it is for to be ...
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... whan that I my lyf sholde forlete , To me she cam , and bad me for to singe This antheme verraily in my deyinge , As ye han herd , and whan that I hadde songe Me thoughte she leyde a greyn upon my tonge : ' Wherefore I singe , and singe ...
... whan that I my lyf sholde forlete , To me she cam , and bad me for to singe This antheme verraily in my deyinge , As ye han herd , and whan that I hadde songe Me thoughte she leyde a greyn upon my tonge : ' Wherefore I singe , and singe ...
Contents
PRECHAUCERIAN POETRY | 1 |
English Prose from the Beginnings | 237 |
OF ANGER | 267 |
Copyright | |
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