 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 794 pages
...or three, That he had lerned put of fom decree ; No wonder is, he heard it all the day : And eke yc knowen wel how that a jay Can clepen watte as wel as can the pope : But who fo wolde in other thing him grope Than hadde he fpent all his philofophie ; Ay <%ueflio quid juris... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...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 is, he herd...Can clepen watte, as wel as can the pope. But who BO wolde in other thing him grope, Than hadde he spent all his philosophic, Ay, Suestio quid jurit,... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...had the win. Than wold he speken no word but Latin. 640 A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerned out of som decree ; No wonder is, he herd...that a jay Can clepen watte, as wel as can the pope. 645 But who so wolde in other thing him grope, Than hadde he spent all his philosophie, Ay, Questio... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 468 pages
...Than wold he speken no word but Latin. 640 A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerncd out of som decree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the...that a jay Can clepen watte, as wel as can the pope. 645 But who so wolde in other thing him grope, Than hadde he spent all his philosophic, Ay, Questio... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...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 is, he herd it all the day. — In danger hadde he at his owen gise The yonge girles of the diocise, And knew hir conseil, and... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...speken no word but Latin. A fewe termes eoude he, two or three, That he had lerned out of som deeree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the day. And eke ye knowen wel, how that a jay Can elepen watte, as wel as ean the pope. Rut who so wolde in other thing him grope. Than hadde he spent... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...wold he speken no word but Latin. A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerned out of sum decree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the day. And eke ye knowen wel, how that a jay •Horse, beast. > Dappled. j Cherub's face. 4 Red pimpled face. 5 Narrow, close. 6 Spots. Can clepen... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...dronken hud the win, Then wold he speken no word but Latin. A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he thought, Of all the nurse and all the priest have...moonlight shadows seen, The silver token and the well as can the pope: ' But who so wolde in other thing him grope — Than, hadde he spent all his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...speken no word but Latin. A fewe termes eoude he, two or three, That he had lemed out of som deeree ; n hir ehildhede. Among thise ehildren was a widewes sone, A litel elergion, sev elepen 'matte as well as ean the pope : But who so wolde in other thing him grope — Than, hadde he... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Aesthetics - 1826 - 458 pages
...in his mouth, passed for a great scholar. A few termes coude he, two or three, That he had learned out of som decree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the day. Try them on any other subject out of doors, and see how soon the extempore wit and wisdom " will halt... | |
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