| John Dryden - 1800 - 662 pages
...I will follow neither of them. Our countryman, in the end of his Characters, before the CANTERBURY TALES, thus excuses the ribaldry, which is very gross,...player. Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feine» thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare, although he were his brother; He moste as... | |
| John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...of your curtesie, That ye ne arette it not my vilanie, Though that I plainly speke in this raatere, To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though...1712, under the name of Betterton, the player. Or clles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare,... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - English prose literature - 1800 - 670 pages
...of your curtesie, That ye ne arette it not my vilanie, Though that I plainly speke in this raatere, To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though...published in Lintot's Miscellany in 1712, under the name ol Betterton, the player. Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes... | |
| John Dryden - English prose literature - 1800 - 712 pages
...plainly speke in this matere. To tellen you hir wordes, and hir chere ; Ne though I speke hir wordcs proprely, For this ye knowen al so well as I, Who...TALES, are also supposed to have been clothed by Pope jfr"a modern dress, though they were published in Lintot's Miscellany in 1712, under the name of Betterton,... | |
| Juvenal - 1802 - 574 pages
...delicacy for which the sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as...charge^ " All speke he never so rudely and so large :?-•And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,... | |
| Juvenal - Latin poetry - 1803 - 354 pages
...delicacy for which the sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large : — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1805 - 908 pages
...from many celelrated Manuscripts. By Thomas Johncs. Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He mosie reherse, as neighe as ever he can, Everich word, if...charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or else he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or linden wordes ncwe. CHAUCER'S PKOLOGUE.... | |
| Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 576 pages
...sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " lie moste reherse as neighe as ever he can " Everich word,...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :" — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,... | |
| Juvenal - 1806 - 578 pages
...made. Chaucer observes with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste rcherse as neighe as ever he can " Everich word, if it be...charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :"— And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,... | |
| Juvenal - Satire, Latin - 1806 - 582 pages
...with great naivete, " Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, " He moste reherse as neighe as ever be can " Everich word, if it be in his charge, " All speke he never so rudely and so large :" — And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times,... | |
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