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... kind assistance of my friends ; and the work in its present state contains a selection , made with some care and attention , from a consider- able number of the best poetical libraries in this country . That it is still deficient , and ...
... kind assistance of my friends ; and the work in its present state contains a selection , made with some care and attention , from a consider- able number of the best poetical libraries in this country . That it is still deficient , and ...
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... kind of march . " The variety of inflection , by which the Anglo - Saxon language was distinguished from the modern English , gave to their poets an almost unlimited power of inversion ; and they used it almost without reserve : not so ...
... kind of march . " The variety of inflection , by which the Anglo - Saxon language was distinguished from the modern English , gave to their poets an almost unlimited power of inversion ; and they used it almost without reserve : not so ...
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... kind of poetry which Phillippe de Than has used , ( says M. de la Rue , ) we believe it would be difficult to find any authors who have adopted it . His method does not consist in making one line rhyme with another , but one half with ...
... kind of poetry which Phillippe de Than has used , ( says M. de la Rue , ) we believe it would be difficult to find any authors who have adopted it . His method does not consist in making one line rhyme with another , but one half with ...
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... kind of spell ( language ) , of half " the rich - dom ( riches ) that was in Caerlion . " The second verse seems to have been introduced solely for the sake of the rhyme . Of halve than richedome The wes inne KAIRLIUNE ; Of [ 66 ]
... kind of spell ( language ) , of half " the rich - dom ( riches ) that was in Caerlion . " The second verse seems to have been introduced solely for the sake of the rhyme . Of halve than richedome The wes inne KAIRLIUNE ; Of [ 66 ]
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... kind of variable cloth , ( fah - clath , Sax . ) They were wonderfully uniform ( anelich , " Sax . ) " It seems , from this passage , that Layamon thought it indecent to wear the different parts of dress of different colours . Wace ...
... kind of variable cloth , ( fah - clath , Sax . ) They were wonderfully uniform ( anelich , " Sax . ) " It seems , from this passage , that Layamon thought it indecent to wear the different parts of dress of different colours . Wace ...
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