English Prose (1137-1890)John Matthews Manly Ginn, 1909 - 544 páginas |
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... whan he was upon his Coursere , and wente to the Castelle , and entred into the Cave , the Dragoun lifte up hire Hed ayenst him . And whan the Knyghte saw hire in that Forme so hidous and so horrible , he fleyghe awey . And the Dragoun ...
... whan he was upon his Coursere , and wente to the Castelle , and entred into the Cave , the Dragoun lifte up hire Hed ayenst him . And whan the Knyghte saw hire in that Forme so hidous and so horrible , he fleyghe awey . And the Dragoun ...
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... whan he saughe hire comen out of the Cave , in forme of a Dragoun , so hidouse and so horrible , he hadde so grete drede , that he fleyghe 12 ayen to the Schippe ; and sche folewed him . And whan sche saughe , that he turned not ayen ...
... whan he saughe hire comen out of the Cave , in forme of a Dragoun , so hidouse and so horrible , he hadde so grete drede , that he fleyghe 12 ayen to the Schippe ; and sche folewed him . And whan sche saughe , that he turned not ayen ...
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... whan they enforcen hem to geten partye 18 of a thing that ne hath no part , they ne geten hem neither thilke 12 partye that nis non , 19 ne the thing al hool 20 that they ne desire nat . ' 99 " In which manere ? " quod I. 23 17 16 24 29 ...
... whan they enforcen hem to geten partye 18 of a thing that ne hath no part , they ne geten hem neither thilke 12 partye that nis non , 19 ne the thing al hool 20 that they ne desire nat . ' 99 " In which manere ? " quod I. 23 17 16 24 29 ...
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... whan thou enforcedest thee to shewe me the causes of the false blisfulnesse . For but - yif 19 I be bigyled , thanne is thilke 20 the verray blisful- nesse parfit , " that parfitly maketh a man suffisaunt , mighty , honourable , noble ...
... whan thou enforcedest thee to shewe me the causes of the false blisfulnesse . For but - yif 19 I be bigyled , thanne is thilke 20 the verray blisful- nesse parfit , " that parfitly maketh a man suffisaunt , mighty , honourable , noble ...
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... whan it is thus devyded , it hath asembled a moe- vinge in - to two roundes ; it goth to torne ayein to him - self , and envirouneth a ful deep thought , and torneth the hevene by sem- blable 10 image . Thou by evene - lyke causes ...
... whan it is thus devyded , it hath asembled a moe- vinge in - to two roundes ; it goth to torne ayein to him - self , and envirouneth a ful deep thought , and torneth the hevene by sem- blable 10 image . Thou by evene - lyke causes ...
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Página 76 - VIII. OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE \ He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ^Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men;\ which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public,
Página 77 - are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses/ So as a man may have a quarrel 3 to marry when he will. But yet he was reputed one of the wise men, that made answer to the question, when a man should marry? A young man not yet, an elder man not
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Página 76 - optabilia; adversarum mirabilia. Certainly if miracles be. the command over nature, they appear most in adversity. It is yet a higher speech of his than the other (much too high for a heathen), // is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man, and the security of a God. Vere magnum habere
Página 82 - 1 For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love. The Latin adage meeteth with it a little: Magna emitas, magna solitudo*
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