| 1870 - 624 pages
...neede ; And that was seyd in form and reverence And schort and quyk, and ful of high sentence. Sounynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teehe.' Here the third line in the Harleian adds little to the description, being virtually repeated... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...Uppermost cloak of coarse cloth. 4 He would rather hav«. *Get- 6 Study. VOL. I. D Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A Sergeant of the Lawe ward ' and wise, That often hadde yben at the paruis*, Ther was also, ful riche of excellence.... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 388 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE ware and wise, That often hadde yben at the paruis, Ther was also, ful riche of excellence. Discrete... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and full of high sentence : Souning in moral vertue rice and Rapine share the land. To the Lord General Lawe ware and wise, That often hadde ben at the pars ”s, Ther was also; fui riche of excellence. Discrete... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A Sergeant of the Lawe war6 (c) and wise, That often hadde yben at the paruis, (d) Ther was also, ful riche of excellence.... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE ware and wise, That often hadde yben at the paruis, Ther was also, ful riche of excellence. 31.1... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE ware and wise, That often hadde yben at the paruis, Ther was also, ful riche of excellence. 313... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and qnike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A SERGEANT or THE LA WE ware and wise, That often hadde yben at the parais, Ther was also, fui riche of excellence.... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and ful of high sentence. Souning in moral vertue was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. A good man there was of religioun, That was a poure Persone 6 of a toun: But riche he was of holy thought... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...said in forme and reverence, And short and quike, and full of high sentence : Souning in moral vertue ) ؉ < M?U 8c my C ώ O Z5z 4 * 0 Frankelcin was in this compagnie ; White was his berd us is the dayesie. (if his complexion he was... | |
| |