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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... trouth , as in a low degree , They ben ful wroth all day , as men may see . This joly prentis with his maister abode , Til he was neigh out of his prentishode , Al were he snibbed bothe erly and late , And somtime lad with revel to ...
... trouth , as in a low degree , They ben ful wroth all day , as men may see . This joly prentis with his maister abode , Til he was neigh out of his prentishode , Al were he snibbed bothe erly and late , And somtime lad with revel to ...
Page 53
... trouth I wol be to you bothe , This is to sayn , ye bothe faire and good , pray to God that I'mote sterven wood , But I to you be al so good and trewe , As ever was wif , sin that the world was newe And but I be to - morwe as faire to ...
... trouth I wol be to you bothe , This is to sayn , ye bothe faire and good , pray to God that I'mote sterven wood , But I to you be al so good and trewe , As ever was wif , sin that the world was newe And but I be to - morwe as faire to ...
Page 83
... trouth in swiche manere , Under plesance , and under besy peine , That no wight coud have wend he coude feine , So depe in greyn he died his coloures . Right as a serpent hideth him under floures , Til he may see his time for to bite ...
... trouth in swiche manere , Under plesance , and under besy peine , That no wight coud have wend he coude feine , So depe in greyn he died his coloures . Right as a serpent hideth him under floures , Til he may see his time for to bite ...
Page 89
... trouth . But loketh , for non negligence or slonth , Ye tarie us here no lenger than to morwe . " [ borwe . " " Nay , " quod this clerk , " have here my faith to To bed is gon Aurelius whan him lest , And wel nigh all that night he had ...
... trouth . But loketh , for non negligence or slonth , Ye tarie us here no lenger than to morwe . " [ borwe . " " Nay , " quod this clerk , " have here my faith to To bed is gon Aurelius whan him lest , And wel nigh all that night he had ...
Page 90
... Trouth is the hiest thing that man may kepe . " But with that word he brast anon to wepe , And sayd ; " I you forbede on peine of deth , That never while you lasteth lif or breth , To no wight tell ye this misaventure . As I may best I ...
... Trouth is the hiest thing that man may kepe . " But with that word he brast anon to wepe , And sayd ; " I you forbede on peine of deth , That never while you lasteth lif or breth , To no wight tell ye this misaventure . As I may best I ...
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