Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volumen11801 |
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... after the Norman con- quest . This is incontestably proved , not only by the Saxon Chronicle , which , as it relates the death of King Stephen , must have been written after that event , but by a much more curious composition , [ 60 ]
... after the Norman con- quest . This is incontestably proved , not only by the Saxon Chronicle , which , as it relates the death of King Stephen , must have been written after that event , but by a much more curious composition , [ 60 ]
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... 5 I say , or affirm . This kind of phrase is now obsolete ; and yet we might say " for falsehood boot - less were . " " Apparently for his , instead of its . 8 I know . 9 Much . There n'is baret'nother strife , N'is there no death , [ 85 ]
... 5 I say , or affirm . This kind of phrase is now obsolete ; and yet we might say " for falsehood boot - less were . " " Apparently for his , instead of its . 8 I know . 9 Much . There n'is baret'nother strife , N'is there no death , [ 85 ]
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... death , ac2 ever life . There n'is lack of meat , no cloth , There n'is man no woman wrath ; There n'is serpent , wolf , no fox ; Horse , no capyl , 3 cow , no ox : There n'is sheep , no swine , no goat , No none horwyla , 4 God it wot ...
... death , ac2 ever life . There n'is lack of meat , no cloth , There n'is man no woman wrath ; There n'is serpent , wolf , no fox ; Horse , no capyl , 3 cow , no ox : There n'is sheep , no swine , no goat , No none horwyla , 4 God it wot ...
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... death of Edward I. written in 1307. ) Another , on the defeat of the French army by the Flemings , in 1301 ; and a ballad against the Scots , composed in 1306. ' As the first of these pieces may be considered as ante- rior to the ...
... death of Edward I. written in 1307. ) Another , on the defeat of the French army by the Flemings , in 1301 ; and a ballad against the Scots , composed in 1306. ' As the first of these pieces may be considered as ante- rior to the ...
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... Death . Winter wakeneth all my care ; Now these leavés waxeth bare . Oft I sigh , and mourné sare , When it cometh in my thought , Of this world's joy , how it go'th all to nought ! Now it is , and now it n'is , All so it ne'er , n'were ...
... Death . Winter wakeneth all my care ; Now these leavés waxeth bare . Oft I sigh , and mourné sare , When it cometh in my thought , Of this world's joy , how it go'th all to nought ! Now it is , and now it n'is , All so it ne'er , n'were ...
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Página 314 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Página 229 - Freedom the zest to pleasure gives— He lives at ease who freely lives. Grief, sickness, poortith, want, are all Summ'd up within the name of thrall.
Página 11 - In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee...
Página 269 - Occleve led the way : and that he is the " first of our writers whose style is clothed with " that perspicuity in which the English phraseology " appears at this day, to an English reader.
Página 42 - IT WAS FROM ENGLAND AND NORMANDY THAT THE FRENCH RECEIVED THE FIRST WORKS WHICH DESERVE TO BE CITED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
Página 316 - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town...
Página 321 - I saw where hung my own6 hood, That I had lost among the throng : To buy my own hood I thought it wrong; I knew it as well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The Taverner took me by the sleeve; "Sir," saith he,
Página 207 - I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 344 - Bruce," says an elegant critic, " is evidently the work of a politician as well as poet. The characters of the king, of his brother, of Douglas, and of the earl of Moray, are discriminated, and their separate talents always employed with judgment ; so that every event is prepared and rendered probable by the means to which it is attributed ; whereas the life of Wallace is a mere romance, in which the hero hews down whole squadrons with his single arm, and is indebted for every victory to his own...
Página 224 - When Alexander our king was dead, That Scotland led in love and lee, ' Away was sons * of ale and bread, Of wine and wax, ofgamyn and glee : Our gold was changed into lead.