 | English poets - 1801 - 444 pages
...Chaucer, it seems, was perfectly aware of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great diversite " In English,...mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or ellcs sung, " That thou be understand, God I beseech!" Troilus and Cress, v. 1793 to 98.... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 446 pages
...Chaucer, it seems, was perfectly aware of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great diversite " In English,...writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-writfe thee, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or elles... | |
 | 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
...Chaucer, it seems, was perfectly aware of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great diversite" " In English,...mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or elles sung, " That thou be understond, God I beseech !" Troilus and Cress. End of Book... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...this inconvenience. In his address 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, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue: " And, read whereso thou be, or elles sung, " T/iat... | |
 | 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 with... | |
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And, for there is so great diversite" " In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee... 
