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... hath perced to the rote , And bathed every veyne in swich licour , Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5 Inspired hath in every holt1 and heeth The tendre croppes , and the yonge sonne Hath in ...
... hath perced to the rote , And bathed every veyne in swich licour , Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth 5 Inspired hath in every holt1 and heeth The tendre croppes , and the yonge sonne Hath in ...
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... hath he told12 Of any dreem , so holy was his herte . By god , I hadde lever13 than my sherte 300 That ye had rad his legende , as have I. Dame Pertelote , I sey yow trewely , Macrobeus , that writ the avisioun In Affrike of the worthy ...
... hath he told12 Of any dreem , so holy was his herte . By god , I hadde lever13 than my sherte 300 That ye had rad his legende , as have I. Dame Pertelote , I sey yow trewely , Macrobeus , that writ the avisioun In Affrike of the worthy ...
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... hath dominacioun , He can no conseil kepe , it is no drede . Now kepe yow fro the whyte and fro the rede , And namely fro the whyte wyn of Lepe , 235 That is to selle in Fishstrete or in Chepe . This wyn of Spayne crepeth subtilly In ...
... hath dominacioun , He can no conseil kepe , it is no drede . Now kepe yow fro the whyte and fro the rede , And namely fro the whyte wyn of Lepe , 235 That is to selle in Fishstrete or in Chepe . This wyn of Spayne crepeth subtilly In ...
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... hath a thousand slayn this pestilence : this- " Tak nat my name in ydel9 or amis . " Lo , rather he forbedeth swich swering 315 Than homicyde or many a cursed thing ; I seye that , as by ordre , thus it stondeth ; This knowen , that 10 ...
... hath a thousand slayn this pestilence : this- " Tak nat my name in ydel9 or amis . " Lo , rather he forbedeth swich swering 315 Than homicyde or many a cursed thing ; I seye that , as by ordre , thus it stondeth ; This knowen , that 10 ...
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... hath fortune un - to us yiven , In mirthe and Iolitee our lyf to liven , And lightly as it comth , so wol we spende . Ey ! goddes precious dignitee ! who wende1 To - day , that we sholde han so faire a grace ? 455 And bad hem drawe ...
... hath fortune un - to us yiven , In mirthe and Iolitee our lyf to liven , And lightly as it comth , so wol we spende . Ey ! goddes precious dignitee ! who wende1 To - day , that we sholde han so faire a grace ? 455 And bad hem drawe ...
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Page 459 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Page 114 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy and extracts made of them by others, but that would be only in the less important arguments and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Page 293 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known and do not want it.
Page 293 - years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favor «» Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 458 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.
Page 114 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Page 181 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys" a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of...
Page 185 - And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple ; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.
Page 114 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 293 - I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.