 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, 300 But all th.-.t he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lernirtg he ft spente, And... | |
 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, 300 But all th t he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it sperite, And besily... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautria. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on leming he it spente, And besily... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...twenty bokes, clothed in black and red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente5, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 546 pages
...rich, or fidel, or sautrie — Sautrie is psaltry, a kind of harp or dulcimer to sing psalms to : — But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in coi're — " Yet" is a pleasant assumption ; as if anything else was expected of philosophy ! or perhaps... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 388 pages
...twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riche; or fidel ; k cofre; But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on leming he it spente; And besily... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...Twenty bokes, elothed in blaek or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophie, Than robes riehe ; or fidel ; eturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return, but...returns Day, or the sweet approaeh of ev'n or mom, Or s (rendes hente. On bokes and on leming he it spente ; And besily gan for the soules praie Of hem that... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, (a) Farm. (6) What he obtained. But all that he might of his frendes hente, (a) On bokes and... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. zge But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily... | |
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