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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... never trompe of half so gret a soun . This pardoner had here as yelwe as wax , But smoth it heng , as doth a strike of flax : By unces heng his lokkes that he hadde , And therwith he his shulders overspradde . Ful thinne it lay , by ...
... never trompe of half so gret a soun . This pardoner had here as yelwe as wax , But smoth it heng , as doth a strike of flax : By unces heng his lokkes that he hadde , And therwith he his shulders overspradde . Ful thinne it lay , by ...
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... never mo . Now demeth as you liste , ye that can , For I wol tell you forth as I began . Whan that Arcite to Thebes comen was , Ful oft a day he swelt and said Alas , For sen his lady shal he never mo . And shortly to concluden all his ...
... never mo . Now demeth as you liste , ye that can , For I wol tell you forth as I began . Whan that Arcite to Thebes comen was , Ful oft a day he swelt and said Alas , For sen his lady shal he never mo . And shortly to concluden all his ...
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... never mo ye shul my contree dere , Ne maken werre upon me night ne day , But ben my frendes in alle that ye may . I you foryeve this trespas every del . " And they him sware his axing fayr and wel , And him of lordship and of mercie ...
... never mo ye shul my contree dere , Ne maken werre upon me night ne day , But ben my frendes in alle that ye may . I you foryeve this trespas every del . " And they him sware his axing fayr and wel , And him of lordship and of mercie ...
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... never man " ( quod he ) " That he ne lived in erthe in som degree , Right so ther lived never man " ( he seyd ) " In all this world , that somtime he ne deyd . This world n'is but a thurghfare ful of wo , And we ben pilgrimes , passing ...
... never man " ( quod he ) " That he ne lived in erthe in som degree , Right so ther lived never man " ( he seyd ) " In all this world , that somtime he ne deyd . This world n'is but a thurghfare ful of wo , And we ben pilgrimes , passing ...
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... never asonder wende ; Till deth departeth hem , this lif they lede : And fareth now wel , my tale is at an ende . Now Jesu Crist , that of his might may sende Joye after wo , governe us in his grace , And kepe us alle that ben in this ...
... never asonder wende ; Till deth departeth hem , this lif they lede : And fareth now wel , my tale is at an ende . Now Jesu Crist , that of his might may sende Joye after wo , governe us in his grace , And kepe us alle that ben in this ...
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