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... thought neceffary to admit P. Whitehead and Jenyns , it seems reasonable to expect that some reason had been given for showing them a distinction which has been denied to Wilkie , Grain- ger , Smollet and Scott , and above all , to the ...
... thought neceffary to admit P. Whitehead and Jenyns , it seems reasonable to expect that some reason had been given for showing them a distinction which has been denied to Wilkie , Grain- ger , Smollet and Scott , and above all , to the ...
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... thought worthy of imitation and revival by Dryden , whose paraphrases , particularly of the Knight's Tale , and of the Flower and the Leaf , are the most animated and harmonious pieces of verfification in the English language . Pope has ...
... thought worthy of imitation and revival by Dryden , whose paraphrases , particularly of the Knight's Tale , and of the Flower and the Leaf , are the most animated and harmonious pieces of verfification in the English language . Pope has ...
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... thought that he fhuld spille But he of hire might ones han his wille . He woeth hire , but it availeth nought ; She wolde do no finne by no wey ; And for defpit he compassed his thought To maken hire on shameful deth to dey : He waiteth ...
... thought that he fhuld spille But he of hire might ones han his wille . He woeth hire , but it availeth nought ; She wolde do no finne by no wey ; And for defpit he compassed his thought To maken hire on shameful deth to dey : He waiteth ...
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... thought Hire freshe beautee and hire age tendre , Hire middel fmal , hire armes long and felendre , Hire wife governance , hire gentilleffe , Hire womanly bering , and hire fadneffe . And whan that he on hire was condefcended , Him thought ...
... thought Hire freshe beautee and hire age tendre , Hire middel fmal , hire armes long and felendre , Hire wife governance , hire gentilleffe , Hire womanly bering , and hire fadneffe . And whan that he on hire was condefcended , Him thought ...
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... thought was ever mo . Up to the tree he caft his eyen two , And faw how Damian his wife had dreffed In fwiche manere it may not ben expressed , But if I wolde fpeke uncurteisly ; And up he yaf a roring and a cry , As doth the mother ...
... thought was ever mo . Up to the tree he caft his eyen two , And faw how Damian his wife had dreffed In fwiche manere it may not ben expressed , But if I wolde fpeke uncurteisly ; And up he yaf a roring and a cry , As doth the mother ...
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Page 147 - And with that word he fley doun fro the beem, For it was day, and eek his...
Page 9 - A-morwe, whan that day bigan to springe, Up roos our host, and was our aller cok, And gadrede us togidre, alle in a flok, And forth we riden, a litel more than pas, Un-to the watering of seint Thomas.
Page 9 - ... .But in his teching discrete and benigne. To drawen folk to heven, with fairenesse, By good ensample, was his besinesse : But it were any persone obstinat, What so he were of highe, or low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones. A better preest I trowe that nowher non is.
Page 60 - And if that any of us have more than other, Let him be trewe, and part it with his brother.
Page 57 - But I to you be al so good and trewe As ever was wif sin that the world was newe, And but I be to-morwe as faire to seen As any lady, emperice, or quene, That is betwix the est and eke the west, Doth with my lif and deth right as you lest Cast up the curtein, loke how that it is.
Page 9 - As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly.
Page 65 - And dronkenesse is eek a foul record Of any man, and namely in a lord. Ther is ful many an eye and many an ere Awaiting on a lord, and he noot where. For goddes love, drink more attemprely; Wyn maketh man to lesen wrecchedly His minde, and eek his limes everichon.
Page 147 - He chukketh, whan he hath a corn yfound, And to him rennen than his wives alle. Thus real, as a prince is in his halle, Leve I this Chaunteclere in his pasture; And after wol I tell his aventure.
Page 84 - Wel fairer ben thy brests than ony wine. The gardin is enclosed all aboute; Come forth, my white spouse, for out of doute, Thou hast me wounded in myn herte, o wif: . No spot in thee n'as never in all thy lif. Come forth, and let us taken our disport, I chese thee for my wif and my comfort. Swiche...
Page 24 - Wel may men knowen, but it be a fool, That every part deriveth from his hool. For nature hath not taken his beginning Of no partie ne cantel of a thing, 3010 But of a thing that parfit is and stable, Descending so, til it be corrumpable.