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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Page 18
Both the lasse ( a ) ant eke the more Bed hem both red ant synge : The pope of
Peyters stod at is masse With ful gret solempnete , Ther me con ( b ) the soulè
blisse : “ Kyng Edward , honoured thou be : « God love thi sone come after the ...
Both the lasse ( a ) ant eke the more Bed hem both red ant synge : The pope of
Peyters stod at is masse With ful gret solempnete , Ther me con ( b ) the soulè
blisse : “ Kyng Edward , honoured thou be : « God love thi sone come after the ...
Page 35
... And made forword erly for to rise , To take oure way ther as I you devise . But
natheles , while I have time and space , Or that I forther in this talè pace , Me
thinketh it accordant to reson , To tellen you alle the condition Of eche of hem , so
as it ...
... And made forword erly for to rise , To take oure way ther as I you devise . But
natheles , while I have time and space , Or that I forther in this talè pace , Me
thinketh it accordant to reson , To tellen you alle the condition Of eche of hem , so
as it ...
Page 36
... And wentè for to don his pilgrimage . ( a ) War . ( 6 ) Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been
placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( g ) Wore a short
cassock . ( h ) Smutted . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young
Squier ...
... And wentè for to don his pilgrimage . ( a ) War . ( 6 ) Farther . ( c ) ( d ) Been
placed at the head of the table . ( e ) Travelled . ( f ) Praise . ( g ) Wore a short
cassock . ( h ) Smutted . ( i ) Coat of mail . With him ther was his sone a young
Squier ...
Page 37
With him ther was his sone a young Squier , A lover and a lusty bacheler , With
lockés crull ( a ) as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was I
gesse . Of his stature he was of even lengthe , And wonderly deliver , ( b ) and
grete of ...
With him ther was his sone a young Squier , A lover and a lusty bacheler , With
lockés crull ( a ) as they were laide in presse . Of twenty yere of age he was I
gesse . Of his stature he was of even lengthe , And wonderly deliver , ( b ) and
grete of ...
Page 38
Ther was also a Nonne , a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was full simple and coy
; Hire gretest othe n ' as but by Seint Eloy ; And she was cleped ( a ) Madame
Eglentine . Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful
swetely ...
Ther was also a Nonne , a Prioresse , That of hire smiling was full simple and coy
; Hire gretest othe n ' as but by Seint Eloy ; And she was cleped ( a ) Madame
Eglentine . Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful
swetely ...
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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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