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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... foule prison of this lif ? Why grutchen here his cosin and his wif Of his welfare , that loven him so wel ? Can he hem thank ? nay , God ' wot , never a del , That both his soule , and eke hemself offend , And yet they mow hir lustes ...
... foule prison of this lif ? Why grutchen here his cosin and his wif Of his welfare , that loven him so wel ? Can he hem thank ? nay , God ' wot , never a del , That both his soule , and eke hemself offend , And yet they mow hir lustes ...
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... foule yspedde . ' And forth she goth , til she the cradel fond . She gropeth alway forther with hire hond , And fond the bed , and thoughte nat but good , Because that the cradel by it stood , And n'iste wher she was , for it was derk ...
... foule yspedde . ' And forth she goth , til she the cradel fond . She gropeth alway forther with hire hond , And fond the bed , and thoughte nat but good , Because that the cradel by it stood , And n'iste wher she was , for it was derk ...
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... foule lust of luxurie , lo thin ende , Nat only that thou faintest mannes mind , But veraily thou wolt his body shende . Th ' ende of thy werk , or of thy lustes blind , Is complaining : how many may men find , That not for werk somtime ...
... foule lust of luxurie , lo thin ende , Nat only that thou faintest mannes mind , But veraily thou wolt his body shende . Th ' ende of thy werk , or of thy lustes blind , Is complaining : how many may men find , That not for werk somtime ...
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... foule cherle , the swine , That with a staf beraft his wif hire lif For she drank wine , though I had ben his wif , Ne shuld he not have daunted me fro drinke : And after wine of Venus most I thinke . For al so siker as cold engendreth ...
... foule cherle , the swine , That with a staf beraft his wif hire lif For she drank wine , though I had ben his wif , Ne shuld he not have daunted me fro drinke : And after wine of Venus most I thinke . For al so siker as cold engendreth ...
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... foule dragon , Than with a woman using for to chide . ยท " Bet is ' ( quod he ) high in the roof abide , Than with an angry woman doun in the hous , They ben so wikked and contrarious : They haten , that hir husbonds loven ay . ' " He ...
... foule dragon , Than with a woman using for to chide . ยท " Bet is ' ( quod he ) high in the roof abide , Than with an angry woman doun in the hous , They ben so wikked and contrarious : They haten , that hir husbonds loven ay . ' " He ...
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