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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... rede . Singing he was , or floyting alle the day , He was as freshe , as is the moneth of May . Short was his goune , with sleves long and wide . Wel coude he sitte on hors , and fayre ride . He coude songes make , and wel endite ...
... rede . Singing he was , or floyting alle the day , He was as freshe , as is the moneth of May . Short was his goune , with sleves long and wide . Wel coude he sitte on hors , and fayre ride . He coude songes make , and wel endite ...
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... rede , Ful streite yteyed , and shoon ful moist and newe . Bold was hire face , and fayre and rede of hew . She was a worthy woman all hire live , Housbondes at the chirche dore had she had five , Withouten other compagnie in youthe ...
... rede , Ful streite yteyed , and shoon ful moist and newe . Bold was hire face , and fayre and rede of hew . She was a worthy woman all hire live , Housbondes at the chirche dore had she had five , Withouten other compagnie in youthe ...
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... rede , And therto brode , as though it were a spade .. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A wert , and theron stode a tufte of heres , Rede as the bristles of a sowes eres . His nose - thirles blacke were and wide . A swerd and ...
... rede , And therto brode , as though it were a spade .. Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A wert , and theron stode a tufte of heres , Rede as the bristles of a sowes eres . His nose - thirles blacke were and wide . A swerd and ...
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... rede as blood . Than wolde he speke , and crie as he were wood . And whan that he wel dronken had the win , Than wold he speken no word but Latin . A fewe termes coude he , two or three , That he had lerned out of som decree ; No wonder ...
... rede as blood . Than wolde he speke , and crie as he were wood . And whan that he wel dronken had the win , Than wold he speken no word but Latin . A fewe termes coude he , two or three , That he had lerned out of som decree ; No wonder ...
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... rede . " The quene anon for veray womanhede Gan for to wepe , and so did Emelie , And all the ladies in the compagnie . Gret pite was it , as it thought hem alle , That ever swiche a chance shulde befalle . For gentil men they were of ...
... rede . " The quene anon for veray womanhede Gan for to wepe , and so did Emelie , And all the ladies in the compagnie . Gret pite was it , as it thought hem alle , That ever swiche a chance shulde befalle . For gentil men they were of ...
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