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... described by others , as well as Thynne , to have been a publication in 1598 . publication in 1598. It was pro- bably published in the January , February , or March of 1597 , that is , 1597-8 . any further in this work , although some ...
... described by others , as well as Thynne , to have been a publication in 1598 . publication in 1598. It was pro- bably published in the January , February , or March of 1597 , that is , 1597-8 . any further in this work , although some ...
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... described . " I did beholde on the other side the nine Muses , with strange instrumentes of Musicke , sittyng vnder the hille Parnasus , and Poetes sittyng vnder the grene trees , with laurell garlandes , besette with roses aboute their ...
... described . " I did beholde on the other side the nine Muses , with strange instrumentes of Musicke , sittyng vnder the hille Parnasus , and Poetes sittyng vnder the grene trees , with laurell garlandes , besette with roses aboute their ...
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... described by * Casley , whom Ritson pretends to correct ; and also by + Ritson himself . The Manuscript is now in the possession of Mr. G. Nicol , his Majesty's bookseller . It contains , first , the poem of Hoccleve De Regimine ...
... described by * Casley , whom Ritson pretends to correct ; and also by + Ritson himself . The Manuscript is now in the possession of Mr. G. Nicol , his Majesty's bookseller . It contains , first , the poem of Hoccleve De Regimine ...
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... [ described in the Prologue ] with which they are introduced . In these his knowledge of the world availed him in a peculiar degree , and enabled him to give such an accurate picture of ancient man- ners , as no contemporary nation has ...
... [ described in the Prologue ] with which they are introduced . In these his knowledge of the world availed him in a peculiar degree , and enabled him to give such an accurate picture of ancient man- ners , as no contemporary nation has ...
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... described , ( not without mis - terming him however , as others have mis - termed both him and Gower , a knight , ) in the list of Oxford writers , prefixed to " Gabrielis Poueli , Ordovicis Britanni , Davidis F. Disputationum ...
... described , ( not without mis - terming him however , as others have mis - termed both him and Gower , a knight , ) in the list of Oxford writers , prefixed to " Gabrielis Poueli , Ordovicis Britanni , Davidis F. Disputationum ...
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Page 159 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Page 171 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open ye, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages), Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages...
Page 172 - And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.
Page 179 - He wiste that a man was repentant. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may not wepe although him sore smerte. Therfore in stede of weping and praieres, Men mote give silver to the poure freres.
Page 189 - Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder, . But he ne left nought for no rain ne thonder, In sikenesse and in mischief to visite The ferrest in his parish, moche and lite, Upon his fete, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his shepe he yaf, That first he wrought, and afterward he taught.
Page 189 - A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure PERSONE of a toun: But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, . That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 176 - For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe. At mete was she wel ytaughte withalle; She lette no morsel from hire lippes falle, Ne wette hire fingres in hire sauce depe. Wel coude she carie a morsel, and wel kepe, Thatte no drope ne fell upon hire brest.
Page 174 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 172 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.
Page 173 - At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree.