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To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful
worthy was he in his lordès ' werre , ( a ) And thereto hadde he ridden , no man
ferre , ( 6 ) As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his ...
To riden out , he loved chevalrie , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful
worthy was he in his lordès ' werre , ( a ) And thereto hadde he ridden , no man
ferre , ( 6 ) As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse , And ever honoured for his ...
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That were of lawe expert and curious : Of which ther was a dosein in that hous ,
Worthy to ben stewardes of rent and lond Of any lord that is in Englelond , To
maken him live by his propre good , In honour detteles , ( a ) but if he were wood ,
Or ...
That were of lawe expert and curious : Of which ther was a dosein in that hous ,
Worthy to ben stewardes of rent and lond Of any lord that is in Englelond , To
maken him live by his propre good , In honour detteles , ( a ) but if he were wood ,
Or ...
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... IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced
Spenser ' s fate , and felt the bitterness which dictated his memorable lines :To
speed to - day , to be put back to - morrow , To waste long years in discontent and
sorrow .
... IV . for honours or church - preferment , he seems to have experienced
Spenser ' s fate , and felt the bitterness which dictated his memorable lines :To
speed to - day , to be put back to - morrow , To waste long years in discontent and
sorrow .
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... charitable , and humble in thine estate , For worldly honour lastis but a cry , ( e )
For trouble in earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , if thou in goods be
poor : Who lives merry , he lives mightily : Without gladness availis no treasure .
... charitable , and humble in thine estate , For worldly honour lastis but a cry , ( e )
For trouble in earth take no melancholy ; Be rich in patience , if thou in goods be
poor : Who lives merry , he lives mightily : Without gladness availis no treasure .
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Douglas ' s PALACE OF HONOUR is a long moral allegory . Neither of these
poems is suited to the taste of this impatient and straight - forward generation ;
and Douglas is now only known in his translation of the Æneid . It is the first
metrical ...
Douglas ' s PALACE OF HONOUR is a long moral allegory . Neither of these
poems is suited to the taste of this impatient and straight - forward generation ;
and Douglas is now only known in his translation of the Æneid . It is the first
metrical ...
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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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