The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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... coude he sitte on hors , and fayre ride . He coude songes make , and wel endite , Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was ...
... coude he sitte on hors , and fayre ride . He coude songes make , and wel endite , Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was ...
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... coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovedayes , ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worsted was his semicope ...
... coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovedayes , ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worsted was his semicope ...
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... coude he knowe a draught of London ale . He coude roste , and sethe , and broile , and frie , Maken mortrewes , and wel bake a pie . But gret harm was it , as it thoughte me , That on his shinne a mormal hadde he . For blanc manger that ...
... coude he knowe a draught of London ale . He coude roste , and sethe , and broile , and frie , Maken mortrewes , and wel bake a pie . But gret harm was it , as it thoughte me , That on his shinne a mormal hadde he . For blanc manger that ...
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... coude she laughe and carpe Of remedies of love she knew perchance , For of that arte she coude the olde dance . A good man ther was of religioun , That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : But riche he was of holy thought and werk . He was ...
... coude she laughe and carpe Of remedies of love she knew perchance , For of that arte she coude the olde dance . A good man ther was of religioun , That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : But riche he was of holy thought and werk . He was ...
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... coude better than his lord pourchase . Ful rich he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly , To yeve and lene him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good ...
... coude better than his lord pourchase . Ful rich he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly , To yeve and lene him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good ...
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