The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 1J. 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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... fortune , although Speght's tradition of his having been possessed of " lands and revenues to the yearly value almost of a thousand pounds , " remains utterly incredible . But the king's favour did not end with the offices just ...
... fortune , although Speght's tradition of his having been possessed of " lands and revenues to the yearly value almost of a thousand pounds , " remains utterly incredible . But the king's favour did not end with the offices just ...
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... Fortune hath yeven Victorie , and as a conquerour to liven , Nought greveth us your glorie and your honour ; But we beseke you of mercie and socour . Have mercie on our woe and our distresse . Some drope of pitie thurgh thy gentillesse ...
... Fortune hath yeven Victorie , and as a conquerour to liven , Nought greveth us your glorie and your honour ; But we beseke you of mercie and socour . Have mercie on our woe and our distresse . Some drope of pitie thurgh thy gentillesse ...
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... Fortune yturned thee the dise , That hast the sight of hire , and I th ' absence . For possible is , sin thou hast hire presence , And art a knight , a worthy and an able , That by som cas , sin Fortune is changeable , Thou maiest to ...
... Fortune yturned thee the dise , That hast the sight of hire , and I th ' absence . For possible is , sin thou hast hire presence , And art a knight , a worthy and an able , That by som cas , sin Fortune is changeable , Thou maiest to ...
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... fortune hath hire fayre ywonne . " Anon ther is a noise of peple begonne For joye of this , so loud and high withall , It semed that the listes shulden fall . What can now fayre Venus don above ? What saith she now ? what doth this ...
... fortune hath hire fayre ywonne . " Anon ther is a noise of peple begonne For joye of this , so loud and high withall , It semed that the listes shulden fall . What can now fayre Venus don above ? What saith she now ? what doth this ...
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... fortune , or of aventure . " And she agen answerd in patience : " My lord , " quod she , " I wote , and wist alway , How that betwixen your magnificence And my poverte no wight ne can ne may Maken comparison , it is no nay ; I ne held ...
... fortune , or of aventure . " And she agen answerd in patience : " My lord , " quod she , " I wote , and wist alway , How that betwixen your magnificence And my poverte no wight ne can ne may Maken comparison , it is no nay ; I ne held ...
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