The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on the Literary History of Scotland, and the Early Scotish Drama, Том 2Alex. Lawrie and Company, 1804 - 506 страница |
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... lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure , And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . s Tyrwhitt's Essay on the Language and Versification of Chaucer , p . 91 . For wes he never yit with schouris schot , Nor 28.
... lustie levis grene ; So fair , so fresche , so liklie to endure , And als so blyth as bird in symmer schene . s Tyrwhitt's Essay on the Language and Versification of Chaucer , p . 91 . For wes he never yit with schouris schot , Nor 28.
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... fair queen is constantly attended by a troop of lovely nymphs , among whom are Beauty , Freedom , Gentleness , Kindness , and Mirth . Hav- ing one day ridden into the fields with all her train , she happens to approach the habitation of ...
... fair queen is constantly attended by a troop of lovely nymphs , among whom are Beauty , Freedom , Gentleness , Kindness , and Mirth . Hav- ing one day ridden into the fields with all her train , she happens to approach the habitation of ...
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... fair Youtheid , wa is me ! Thow wes my freynd , and maid me gude service . Fra thow be went , never , so blyth to be I mak ane vow , [ al ] thoch that it be nyce . Of all blythnes thy bodie beirs the pryce . To waresoun I gif thé or ...
... fair Youtheid , wa is me ! Thow wes my freynd , and maid me gude service . Fra thow be went , never , so blyth to be I mak ane vow , [ al ] thoch that it be nyce . Of all blythnes thy bodie beirs the pryce . To waresoun I gif thé or ...
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... fair and guidlie men . " After they have past in due order , two catives approach , the one mounted on an ass , the other on a hideous horse . These prove to be the arch - traitors Achitophel and Sinon . The latter informs him that the ...
... fair and guidlie men . " After they have past in due order , two catives approach , the one mounted on an ass , the other on a hideous horse . These prove to be the arch - traitors Achitophel and Sinon . The latter informs him that the ...
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... fair sex however , notwithstanding this sneer , he seems to have entertained a very fa- vourable opinion and on every proper occasion he has been sufficiently careful to advance their claims . Into the happy regions of Elysium , his ...
... fair sex however , notwithstanding this sneer , he seems to have entertained a very fa- vourable opinion and on every proper occasion he has been sufficiently careful to advance their claims . Into the happy regions of Elysium , his ...
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