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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... sone in gentil herte ) And though he first for ire quoke and sterte , He hath considered shortly in a clause The trespas of hem both , and eke the cause : And although that bis ire hir gilt accused , Yet in his reson he hem both excused ...
... sone in gentil herte ) And though he first for ire quoke and sterte , He hath considered shortly in a clause The trespas of hem both , and eke the cause : And although that bis ire hir gilt accused , Yet in his reson he hem both excused ...
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... sone is eke a sterre as men may see . Ther saw I Dane yturned til a tree , I mene not hire the goddesse Diane , But Peneus daughter , which that highte Dane . Ther saw I Atteon an hart ymaked , For vengeance that he saw Diane all naked ...
... sone is eke a sterre as men may see . Ther saw I Dane yturned til a tree , I mene not hire the goddesse Diane , But Peneus daughter , which that highte Dane . Ther saw I Atteon an hart ymaked , For vengeance that he saw Diane all naked ...
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... sone hath piescd every part . As sooth is sayd , elde hath gret avantage , In elde is bothe wisdom and usage : Men may the old out - renne , but not out - rede . Saturne anon , to stenten strif and drede , Al be it that it is again his ...
... sone hath piescd every part . As sooth is sayd , elde hath gret avantage , In elde is bothe wisdom and usage : Men may the old out - renne , but not out - rede . Saturne anon , to stenten strif and drede , Al be it that it is again his ...
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... sone , In what array he saw this ilke man . This carpenter to blissen him began , And said ; Now helpe us Seinte Frideswide . A man wote litel what shal him betide . This man is fallen with his astronomie In som woodnesse or in som ...
... sone , In what array he saw this ilke man . This carpenter to blissen him began , And said ; Now helpe us Seinte Frideswide . A man wote litel what shal him betide . This man is fallen with his astronomie In som woodnesse or in som ...
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... Sone after this the wif hire routing lete , And gan awake , and went hire out to pisse , And came again , and gan the cradel misse , And groped here and ther , but she fond non . " Alas ! " quod she , " I had almost misgon . I had ...
... Sone after this the wif hire routing lete , And gan awake , and went hire out to pisse , And came again , and gan the cradel misse , And groped here and ther , but she fond non . " Alas ! " quod she , " I had almost misgon . I had ...
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