Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley1883 |
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... round . No healthy sense of Literature can be acquired , and where any exists it can only be stupefied , by the use of " elegant extracts . " A fair selection from its riches ought to bring a large and happy sense of the true meaning of ...
... round . No healthy sense of Literature can be acquired , and where any exists it can only be stupefied , by the use of " elegant extracts . " A fair selection from its riches ought to bring a large and happy sense of the true meaning of ...
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... Round their flags they fiercely battled ; bore their smarts ; Few the fleeting years when pleasure's cup they quaffed : Strokes of Gognaw , son of Botgad , shook men's hearts . Better penance is than laughter on the breath , When young ...
... Round their flags they fiercely battled ; bore their smarts ; Few the fleeting years when pleasure's cup they quaffed : Strokes of Gognaw , son of Botgad , shook men's hearts . Better penance is than laughter on the breath , When young ...
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... Round their flags they fiercely battled ; bore their smarts ; Few the fleeting years when pleasure's cup they quaffed : Strokes of Gognaw , son of Botgad , shook men's hearts . Better penance is than laughter on the breath , When young ...
... Round their flags they fiercely battled ; bore their smarts ; Few the fleeting years when pleasure's cup they quaffed : Strokes of Gognaw , son of Botgad , shook men's hearts . Better penance is than laughter on the breath , When young ...
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... round him Called the Accursed . One shall burn in the bale - fire , The bright cruel flame Shall devour the man destined To die in its maw ; In the red raging glow , Quick the rending of life ; The woman shall wail And shall weep when ...
... round him Called the Accursed . One shall burn in the bale - fire , The bright cruel flame Shall devour the man destined To die in its maw ; In the red raging glow , Quick the rending of life ; The woman shall wail And shall weep when ...
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... round of the religious orders , and gets also some experience of university life . Nigel Wireker's Brunellus is a piece of about 3,800 lines , and therefore not short enough to be completely translated for this section of our Library ...
... round of the religious orders , and gets also some experience of university life . Nigel Wireker's Brunellus is a piece of about 3,800 lines , and therefore not short enough to be completely translated for this section of our Library ...
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