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The bard then proceeds to give the most distinguished of the fallen warriors the
meed of praise . Such was a bulletin or despatch after a skirmish in the sixth
century . The following is a softer strain . It is evidently the original of Mr Southey '
s ...
The bard then proceeds to give the most distinguished of the fallen warriors the
meed of praise . Such was a bulletin or despatch after a skirmish in the sixth
century . The following is a softer strain . It is evidently the original of Mr Southey '
s ...
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... For many beyn of suche manere , That talys and rymys wyle blethly here , In
gamys and festys at the ale , Love men to lestene trotonale . ( 6 ) The translator ,
in describing his author , Robert Grosthead , Bishop of Lincoln , gives a curious
pic ...
... For many beyn of suche manere , That talys and rymys wyle blethly here , In
gamys and festys at the ale , Love men to lestene trotonale . ( 6 ) The translator ,
in describing his author , Robert Grosthead , Bishop of Lincoln , gives a curious
pic ...
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Freedom makes man to have liking ; Freedom all solace to man gives : He lives
at ease , that freely lives ! A noble heart may have none ease , Na ellys ( a )
nought that may him please , If freedom fail : for free liking Is yearned ( b ) o ' er all
...
Freedom makes man to have liking ; Freedom all solace to man gives : He lives
at ease , that freely lives ! A noble heart may have none ease , Na ellys ( a )
nought that may him please , If freedom fail : for free liking Is yearned ( b ) o ' er all
...
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is in the Canterbury Tales , ” says Warton , “ that Chaucer ' s knowledge of the
world availed him in a peculiar degree , and enabled him to give such an
accurate picture of ancient manners as no contemporary nation has transmitted
to ...
is in the Canterbury Tales , ” says Warton , “ that Chaucer ' s knowledge of the
world availed him in a peculiar degree , and enabled him to give such an
accurate picture of ancient manners as no contemporary nation has transmitted
to ...
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He was an esy man to give penance , Ther as he wiste to han ( a ) a good pitance
: For unto a poure ( 6 ) ordre for to give Is signè that a man is well yshrive . ( c )
For if he gave , he dorstè ( d ) make avant , He wistè that a man was repentant .
He was an esy man to give penance , Ther as he wiste to han ( a ) a good pitance
: For unto a poure ( 6 ) ordre for to give Is signè that a man is well yshrive . ( c )
For if he gave , he dorstè ( d ) make avant , He wistè that a man was repentant .
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| Title | 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, |
| Author | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Editor | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) |
| Contributor | Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) |
| Publisher | Oliver & Boyd, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Mar 2006 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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