"And thy traveyle shalt thou sone ende, For to thy long home sone shalt thou wende."

"The range of his sympathies and interests makes Handlyng Synne the best picture of English life before Langland and C…"

"Als thai haf wryten and sayd Haf I alle in myn Inglis layd, In symple speche as I couthe, That is lightest in mannes …"

"He felle dede doun colde as ony stone."

"There ys no solas undyr hevene Of al that a man may nevene That shuld a man so mochë glew As a gode womman that lovet…"

"She became most fervent, continually risking her life by harbouring and maintaining priests, was frequently imprisone…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"

"In the days of my early acquaintance with Henley, some fourteen or fifteen years ago, I could never look at him witho…"

"When men live in small communities, ... they cannot avoid personal participation in some public functions. So it was …"