 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 794 pages
...lekes, And for to drinke ftrong win as rede as blood, Than wolde he fpeke and crie as he were wood;" And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold he fpeken no word but Latin : A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerned put of fom decree... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...lekes, An cF for to cfrinke strong win as 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. 640 A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerncd out. of som decree ; No wonder is, he... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...lekes, And for to drinke strong win as 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. 640 A fewe termes coude he, two or three, That he had lerned out of som decree ; No wonder is, he herd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...lakes, And for to drinke strong win as rede as blood. Than wolde he speke, and crie as he were wood. And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...lekes, And for to drinke strong win as rede as blood. Than wolde he speke, and crie as he were wood. And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold...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,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...Iekes, And for to drinke strong win as rede as blood. Than wolde he spoke, and erie as he were wood. And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold he 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.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...And for to drinke strong win as rede as blood ; Than wold he speke and erie'as he were wood; And when already I forget my dream : He said, and downward flew from off the beam ; For daylig eoude he, two or three, That he had lemed out of som deeree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the day... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Rationalism - 1826 - 462 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... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...lekes, And for to drinke strong win as rede as blood. Than wolde he speke, and eric as he were wooeL And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold...coude he, two or three, That he had lerned out of soin decree ; No wonder is, he herd it all the day. And eke ye knowen wel, how that a jay Can clepen... | |
| |
Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn. A fewe termes hadde he, two or three, That he had lerned out of som decree ; No wonder is, he herde it al the day ; And eek ye knowen wel, how that a jay Can clepen ' Watte,' as well as can the pope. But who-so coude... 
