Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1782 - English poetry |
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Page 45
... and al the wise Howe I gan to this place approche , That stode upon so hie a
roche , Hyir ystandith none in Spaine ; But up I clambe with mochil paine , And
though to clime ygrevid me Yet I ententife was to se , And for to porin wondre
lowe ...
... and al the wise Howe I gan to this place approche , That stode upon so hie a
roche , Hyir ystandith none in Spaine ; But up I clambe with mochil paine , And
though to clime ygrevid me Yet I ententife was to se , And for to porin wondre
lowe ...
Page 53
Ne of the hall eke what nede is To tellin you ? that every wall Of it , and rofe , and
fore withall , Was platid halfe a fotè thicke Of golde , and that ne was not wicke ,
But for to provin in all wise As fine as ducket in Venise , Of whiche to lite all in my
...
Ne of the hall eke what nede is To tellin you ? that every wall Of it , and rofe , and
fore withall , Was platid halfe a fotè thicke Of golde , and that ne was not wicke ,
But for to provin in all wise As fine as ducket in Venise , Of whiche to lite all in my
...
Page 119
Let prudence governe aye your bridil reine ; Set not your love in fo fervent a wise
But that in godely haft ye may refreine , If that your lovirs list you to dispise ;
Romaunce min auctour wold you this advise , Ty flacke your love , for if ye doe
not so ...
Let prudence governe aye your bridil reine ; Set not your love in fo fervent a wise
But that in godely haft ye may refreine , If that your lovirs list you to dispise ;
Romaunce min auctour wold you this advise , Ty flacke your love , for if ye doe
not so ...
Page 132
... Her fingirs ben litil and nothyog long ; Her skin is smothe as any ox'is tong :
Thereto she is so wise in daliaunce , And beset her wordis so womanly , That her
to here it doeth me displesaunce , For that she faieth is saied so connyngly That ...
... Her fingirs ben litil and nothyog long ; Her skin is smothe as any ox'is tong :
Thereto she is so wise in daliaunce , And beset her wordis so womanly , That her
to here it doeth me displesaunce , For that she faieth is saied so connyngly That ...
Page 150
... And thus when conscience is trewly waye , And that these ben yhandlid with
the wise , It shal abyde and ftande in alle wise . The ' Apostil faith , ther may no
life be gode Whiche is not groundid upon charite , For charite ne sheddè neyir
blode ...
... And thus when conscience is trewly waye , And that these ben yhandlid with
the wise , It shal abyde and ftande in alle wise . The ' Apostil faith , ther may no
life be gode Whiche is not groundid upon charite , For charite ne sheddè neyir
blode ...
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Page 192 - The matter and manner of their tales and of their telling are so suited to their different educations, humours, and callings that each of them would be improper in any other mouth.
Page 191 - Tis true, I cannot go so far as he who published the last edition of him; for he would make us believe the fault is in our ears, and that there were really ten syllables in a verse where we find but nine...
Page 192 - Even the grave and serious characters are distinguished by their several sorts of gravity, their discourses are such as belong to their age, their calling and their breeding — such as are becoming of them and of them only.
Page 191 - He must have been a man of a most wonderful comprehensive nature, because, as it has been truly observed of him, he has taken into the compass of his " Canterbury Tales" the various manners and humours (as we now call them) of the whole English nation, in his age.
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