Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain, from Chaucer to the Present Day:: With a Preliminary Sketch of the History of Early English Poetry, and Biographical and Critical Notices, |
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... coude he sitte on hors , and fayrè ride . He coudè songès make , and wel endite , Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale ( f ) He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he ...
... coude he sitte on hors , and fayrè ride . He coudè songès make , and wel endite , Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale ( f ) He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he ...
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... coude she carie a morsel , and wel kepe , Thatte no drope ne fell upon hire brest . In curtesie was sette ful moche hire lest . ( c ) Hire over - lippè wiped she so clene , That in hire cuppè was no ferthing ( d ) sene Of gresè , whan ...
... coude she carie a morsel , and wel kepe , Thatte no drope ne fell upon hire brest . In curtesie was sette ful moche hire lest . ( c ) Hire over - lippè wiped she so clene , That in hire cuppè was no ferthing ( d ) sene Of gresè , whan ...
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... coude he singe and plaien on a rote . ( f ) Of yeddinges ( g ) he bare utterly the pris . His nekke was white as is the flour de lis . Thereto he strong was as a champioun , And knew wel the tavèrnes in every toun , And every hosteler ...
... coude he singe and plaien on a rote . ( f ) Of yeddinges ( g ) he bare utterly the pris . His nekke was white as is the flour de lis . Thereto he strong was as a champioun , And knew wel the tavèrnes in every toun , And every hosteler ...
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... coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovèdayes , ( c ) ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worsted was his ...
... coude as it hadde ben a whelp , In lovèdayes , ( c ) ther coude he mochel help . For ther was he nat like a cloisterere , With thredbare cope , as is a poure scolere , But he was like a maister or a pope . Of double worsted was his ...
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... coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudé no wight pinche ( g ) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely in a medlee ( h ) cote . ( i ) ( a ) Get . ( b ) Study . ( c ) Wary . ( d ) The paruis ...
... coude endite , and make a thing , Ther coudé no wight pinche ( g ) at his writing . And every statute coude he plaine by rote . He rode but homely in a medlee ( h ) cote . ( i ) ( a ) Get . ( b ) Study . ( c ) Wary . ( d ) The paruis ...
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