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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... yere , So changed he his mete and his soupere . Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe , And many a breme , and many a luce in stewe . Wo was his coke , but if his sauce were Poinant and sharpe , and ready all his gere . His table ...
... yere , So changed he his mete and his soupere . Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe , And many a breme , and many a luce in stewe . Wo was his coke , but if his sauce were Poinant and sharpe , and ready all his gere . His table ...
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... yere of age ; Ther coude no man bring him in arerage ; Ther n'as baillif , ne herde , ne other hine , That he ne knew his sleight and his covine : They were adradde of him , as of the deth . His wonning was ful fayre upon an heth , With ...
... yere of age ; Ther coude no man bring him in arerage ; Ther n'as baillif , ne herde , ne other hine , That he ne knew his sleight and his covine : They were adradde of him , as of the deth . His wonning was ful fayre upon an heth , With ...
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... yere swiche a compagnie At ones in this herberwe , as is now . Fayne wolde I do you mirthe , and I wiste how . And of a mirthe I am right now bethought , To don you ese , and it shall coste you nought . Ye gon to Canterbury ; God you ...
... yere swiche a compagnie At ones in this herberwe , as is now . Fayne wolde I do you mirthe , and I wiste how . And of a mirthe I am right now bethought , To don you ese , and it shall coste you nought . Ye gon to Canterbury ; God you ...
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... yere by yere , and day by day , Till it felle ones in a morwe of May That Emelie , that fayrer was to sene Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene , And fresher than the May with floures newe , ( For with the rose colour strof hire hewe ...
... yere by yere , and day by day , Till it felle ones in a morwe of May That Emelie , that fayrer was to sene Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene , And fresher than the May with floures newe , ( For with the rose colour strof hire hewe ...
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... yere by yere : And finally , at request and praiere Of Perithous , withouten any raunson Duk Theseus him let out of prison , Frely to gon , wher that him list over all , In swiche a gise , as I you tellen shall . This was the forword ...
... yere by yere : And finally , at request and praiere Of Perithous , withouten any raunson Duk Theseus him let out of prison , Frely to gon , wher that him list over all , In swiche a gise , as I you tellen shall . This was the forword ...
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