English spelling: dictation lessons, arranged by A.H. Barford and H.A. Tilley

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Page 91 - A lovely Ladie rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow, Yet she much whiter; but the same did hide Under a vele, that wimpled was full low...
Page 66 - All words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single vowel, and accented on the last syllable, double that consonant in derivatives : as, commit, committee ; compel, compelled; appal, appalling; distil, distiller.
Page 91 - And on his brest a bloodie Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had. Right faithfull true he was in deede and word, But of his cheere did seeme too solemne sad ; Yet nothing did he dread, but ever was ydrad.
Page 91 - And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For sovereign hope, which in his help he had.
Page 91 - So pure and innocent as that same lambe She was in life and every vertuous lore ; And by descent from royall lynage came Of ancient kinges and queenes, that had of yore Their scepters stretcht from east to westerne shore...
Page 93 - Richarde the third sonne, of whom we nowe en t re ate, was in witte and courage egall with either of them, in bodye and prowesse farre vnder them bothe, little of stature, ill fetured of limmes, croke backed, his left shoulder much higher then his right, hard fauoured of visage, and suche as is in states called warlye, in other menne otherwise, he was malicious, wrathfull, enuious, and from afore his birth, euer frowarde.
Page 91 - Till that infernal feend with foule uprore Forwasted all their land, and them expeld ; Whom to avenge, she had this knight from far compeld. Behind her farre away a dwarfe...
Page 91 - Behind her farre away a dwarfe did lag, That lasie seemd, in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe. Thus as they past, The day with cloudes was suddeine overcast, And angry love an hideous storme of raine Did poure into his lemans...
Page 98 - And whan it fel he mighte hir espye, He not with wantoun lokyng of folye His eyghen cast upon hir, but in sad wyse Upon hir cheer he wold him oft avise, Comendyng in his hert hir wommanhede, And eek hir vertu, passyng any other wight Of so yong age, as wel in cheer as dede. For though the poeple have no gret insight In vertu, he considereth aright Hir bounte, and desposed tbat he wolde 8120 Wedde hir oonly, if ever he wedde scholde.
Page 102 - In habite as an heremite unholy of werkes, Wente wide in this world wondres to here. Ac on a May morwenynge on Malverne hilles Me bifel a ferly, of Fairye me thoghte. I was wery forwandred and wente me to reste Under a brood bank by a bourne syde; And as I lay and lenede and loked on the watres, I slombred into a slepyng, it sweyed so murye.

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