Bell's Edition, Томове 1–2J. Bell, 1782 |
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... because it furnished him with a very filly jeft ; " His father , " fays he , was a vint- " ner in London , and I have heard his arms quarrelled at being argent and gules , trangely contrived , and hard to be blazoned : " fome more wits ...
... because it furnished him with a very filly jeft ; " His father , " fays he , was a vint- " ner in London , and I have heard his arms quarrelled at being argent and gules , trangely contrived , and hard to be blazoned : " fome more wits ...
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... because I do not know they have been taken notice of before I will mention as briefly as I can . Firft then , his education Ipeaks him a gentleman bred at both the Univerfities , travelled through feveral countries , and at last a ...
... because I do not know they have been taken notice of before I will mention as briefly as I can . Firft then , his education Ipeaks him a gentleman bred at both the Univerfities , travelled through feveral countries , and at last a ...
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... because that title appeared in fome old lifts of his Works . As the credit of the Duke of Lan- cafter increased with his father , Chaucer's alfo rofe in a like proportion , for he continued fteady to his patron to the last hour of that ...
... because that title appeared in fome old lifts of his Works . As the credit of the Duke of Lan- cafter increased with his father , Chaucer's alfo rofe in a like proportion , for he continued fteady to his patron to the last hour of that ...
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... because it appears upon record that the cuftody of this John Burgherthe , the father of Maud , was granted in his non- age to the daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burgherthe before- mentioned . A great fortune fhe was without doubt , but not ...
... because it appears upon record that the cuftody of this John Burgherthe , the father of Maud , was granted in his non- age to the daughter of Sir Bartholomew Burgherthe before- mentioned . A great fortune fhe was without doubt , but not ...
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... because of the near relation between the defcendants of our Author and thofe of this lady by the Duke of Lancafter , of which we find it remembered by a very curious and circum- fpect writer in the time of King Charles I. that there had ...
... because of the near relation between the defcendants of our Author and thofe of this lady by the Duke of Lancafter , of which we find it remembered by a very curious and circum- fpect writer in the time of King Charles I. that there had ...
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Страница xxv - We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace...
Страница ccxxxvi - A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But loked holwe, and ther-to soberly.
Страница ccxix - A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To ryden out, he loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye.
Страница 3 - The yelding of his seed, and of his grain. His lordes shepe, his nete, and his deirie, His swine, his hors, his store, and his pultrie, Were holly in this reves governing, And by his covenant yave he rekening, Sin that his lord was twenty yere of age; Ther coude no man bring him in arerage. Ther n'as baillif, ne herde, ne other hine, That he ne knew his sleight and his covine: They were adradde of him, as of the deth. His wonning was ful fayre upon an heth, With grene trees yshadewed was his place.
Страница cclii - The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones, Ful bigge he was of braun, and eke of bones; That proved wel, for over all ther he came, At wrastling he wold bere away the ram. He was short shuldered brode, a thikke gnarre, Ther n'as no dore, that he n'olde heve of barre, Or breke it at a renning with his hede.
Страница 28 - For which thou art ybounden as a knight To helpen me, if it lie in thy might, Or elles art thou false I dare well say'n.
Страница 54 - And they him sware his axing fayr and wel, And him of lordship and of mercie praid, And he hem granted grace, and thus he said : To speke of real linage and richesse, Though that she were a quene or a...
Страница 5 - 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.
Страница ccxxxvi - Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Страница 42 - Theseus, his squyer principal, 640 is risen, and loketh on the myrie day. And, for to doon his observaunce to May, Remembring on the poynt of his desyr, He on a courser...