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... , has led to a fair supposition that that usurper was per- sonally a greater enemy to the poet than King Richard himself , whose disposition towards him might have been softened by the good offices of Anne 8 CHAUCER .
... , has led to a fair supposition that that usurper was per- sonally a greater enemy to the poet than King Richard himself , whose disposition towards him might have been softened by the good offices of Anne 8 CHAUCER .
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... fair and easy the lessons of uncapitulating for- titude may appear on the outside of a prison , and yet how hard it may be to read them by the light of a dungeon . As far as dates can be guessed at in so obscure a transaction , his ...
... fair and easy the lessons of uncapitulating for- titude may appear on the outside of a prison , and yet how hard it may be to read them by the light of a dungeon . As far as dates can be guessed at in so obscure a transaction , his ...
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... fair comparison with that of his contemporaries , Gower , Wickliffe , and Mandeville . That the polite English of that period should have been highly impregnated with French is little to be wondered at , considering that English was a ...
... fair comparison with that of his contemporaries , Gower , Wickliffe , and Mandeville . That the polite English of that period should have been highly impregnated with French is little to be wondered at , considering that English was a ...
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... fair that no wher is none so : And some men praise hir goodly chere . Thus every thing that I may heare , Which souneth to my lady goode , Is to myn eare a lusty foode . And eke myn eare hath , over this , A deyntie feste whan so is ...
... fair that no wher is none so : And some men praise hir goodly chere . Thus every thing that I may heare , Which souneth to my lady goode , Is to myn eare a lusty foode . And eke myn eare hath , over this , A deyntie feste whan so is ...
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... fair ; and in the corners set An herbere green ; with wandis long and small 1 Against . a Haste . 3 Herbary , or garden of simples . Railed about and so with treeìs set Was all the JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND . 73 Extract from Canto II of the ...
... fair ; and in the corners set An herbere green ; with wandis long and small 1 Against . a Haste . 3 Herbary , or garden of simples . Railed about and so with treeìs set Was all the JAMES I. OF SCOTLAND . 73 Extract from Canto II of the ...
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Page 283 - Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove : O, no ! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken ; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth "s unknown, although his height be taken.
Page 323 - Love in my bosom like a bee Doth suck his sweet: Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within mine eyes he makes his nest, His bed amidst my tender breast; My kisses are his daily feast, And yet he robs me of my rest. Ah, wanton, will ye?
Page 160 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 218 - Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good: If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction: If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.
Page 111 - And wilt thou leave me thus ? Say nay, say nay. And wilt thou leave me thus, That hath loved thee so long In wealth and woe among? And is thy heart so strong As for to leave me thus ? Say nay, say nay.
Page 220 - And if they will reply, Then give them all the lie. Tell arts they have no soundness, But vary by esteeming ; Tell schools they want profoundness, And stand too much on seeming : If arts and schools reply, Give arts and schools the lie. Tell faith it's fled the city; Tell how the country erreth ; Tell manhood shakes off pity ; . Tell virtue least preferreth : And if they do reply, Spare not to give the lie.
Page 283 - When summer's breath their masked buds discloses : But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so ; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made : And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth, When that shall fade, my verse distils your truth.
Page 22 - Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree.
Page 177 - O how can beautie maister the most strong, And simple truth subdue avenging wrong! Whose yielded pride and proud submission, Still dreading death, when she had marked long, Her hart gan melt in great compassion, And drizling teares did shed for pure affection. 7 The lyon lord of everie beast in field...
Page 283 - O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give ! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses ; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves.