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, |
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... kind ; A better felaw shulde a man not find . He wolde suffre for a quart of wine , A good felaw to have his concubine A twelve month , and excuse him at the full . Ful prively a finch eke coude he pull . And if he found owhere a good ...
... kind ; A better felaw shulde a man not find . He wolde suffre for a quart of wine , A good felaw to have his concubine A twelve month , and excuse him at the full . Ful prively a finch eke coude he pull . And if he found owhere a good ...
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... kind , array'd Their feathers new , and frit ( d ) them in the sun , And thanked love that had their makis ( e ) won . XXI . And therewith cast I down mine eye again , Whereas I saw , walking under the tow'r , Ful secretly , new comen ...
... kind , array'd Their feathers new , and frit ( d ) them in the sun , And thanked love that had their makis ( e ) won . XXI . And therewith cast I down mine eye again , Whereas I saw , walking under the tow'r , Ful secretly , new comen ...
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... kind ; and it appears that he needed its consolations . In his so- licitations at the court of James IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his ...
... kind ; and it appears that he needed its consolations . In his so- licitations at the court of James IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced Spenser's fate , and felt the bitterness which dic- tated his ...
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... kind , And with thy neighbours gladly lend and borrow : His chance to - night , it may be thine to - morrow . Be blithe in heart for any aventure ; For oft with wysure ( a ) it has been said aforrow , ( b ) Without gladness availis no ...
... kind , And with thy neighbours gladly lend and borrow : His chance to - night , it may be thine to - morrow . Be blithe in heart for any aventure ; For oft with wysure ( a ) it has been said aforrow , ( b ) Without gladness availis no ...
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... - rich till they cloy ; his language has a kind of ill - assorted splendour , which , however , is often pleasing ; his images and epithets are occa- sionally original and happy ; and amidst his ornate writing 76 HISTORY OF EARLY.
... - rich till they cloy ; his language has a kind of ill - assorted splendour , which , however , is often pleasing ; his images and epithets are occa- sionally original and happy ; and amidst his ornate writing 76 HISTORY OF EARLY.
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