 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...all poesie, And k:- se the steps whereas thou seest pacn Of Cergil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, and Stac< . And for there is so great diversite In English, and in writing of our tong, So pray I to God, that none miswrite thee, Ne the misse metre, for dcfaut of tong : And redde... | |
 | George Ellis - English literature - 1811 - 466 pages
...signs must have been still more sensibly felt ; so that our ancestors, finding it absolutely impossible to adopt any consistent mode of orthography, fairly...writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or elles sung,... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...absolutely impossible to adopt any consistent mode of orthography, fairly left it to the descretinii or caprice of the several writers, and transcribers....to his book he says, . " And, for there is so great diversit£ " In English and in writing of our tongue, *' So pray I to God that none mis-write thec,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 384 pages
...unto all poesie, And kisse the steps whereas thou seest pace Of Vergil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, and Stace. And for there is so great diversite In English, and in writing of our tong, So pray I to God, that none miswrite thee, Ne the misse-metre, for defaut of tong : And redde... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1841 - 506 pages
...meaning might be misunderstood, his measures appear unmusical. And, for there is so great diversitie In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray I to God that none mis-vnt-e thee, Ne thfe ma-metre for default of tongue ; And read whereso thou be, or eles sung, That... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1843 - 352 pages
...injustice that his copyists might chance to do to him : he says, towards the end of his Troilus, : " And for there is so great diversite, In English, and in writing of our tong ; So pray I to God, that none miswrite thee, Ne thee mis-metre for defaut of tong And redde where... | |
 | Thomas Gray, Norton Nicholls - 1843 - 360 pages
...injustice that his copyists might chance to do to him : he says, towards the end of his Troilus, " And for there is so great diversite, In English, and in writing of our tong ; So pray I to God, that none tniswrite thee, Ne thee mis-metre for defaut of tong And redde where... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1844 - 536 pages
...and reciters may be withheld from violating his met ie : — " And, for there is so great diversity In English and in writing of our tongue, So pray I to God that none miswrite thee JVe tliee mismetrefur defaut of tongue." We do not say that these passages are irreconcilable... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...signs must have been still more sensibly felt ; so that our ancestors, finding it absolutely impossible to adopt any consistent mode of orthography, fairly...to his book he says, " And, for there is so great divcrsite In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray I to God that none mis-write thee, Ne thee... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1846 - 374 pages
...unto all poesie, And kisse the steps whereas thou seest pace Of Vergil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, and Stace. And for there is so great diversite In English, and in writing of our tong, So pray I to God, that none miswrite thee, Ne the misse-metre, for defaut of tong : And redde... | |
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In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee... 
