The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;Samuel Johnson J. Johnson; J. Nichols and son; R. Baldwin; F. and C. Rivington; W. Otridge and Son; Leigh and Sotheby; R. Faulder and Son; G. Nicol and Son; T. Payne; G. Robinson; Wilkie and Robinson; C. Davies; T. Egerton; Scatcherd and Letterman; J. Walker; Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; R. Lea; J. Nunn; Lackington, Allen, and Company; J. Stockdale; Cuthell and Martin; Clarke and Sons; J. White and Company; Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme; Cadell and Davies; J. Barker; John Richardson; J.M. Richardson; J. Carpenter; B. Crosby; E. Jeffery; J. Murray; W. Miller; J. and A. Arch; Black, Parry, and Kingsbury; J. Booker; S. Bagster; J. Harding; J. Mackinlay; J. Hatchard; R.H. Evans; Matthews and Leigh; J. Mawman; J. Booth; J. Asperne; P. and W. Wynne; and W. Grace, Deighton and Son at Cambridge; and Wilson and Son at York, 1810 |
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Page 404
... married to sir Hugh Swinford , a knight of Lincoln , who died soon after his marriage , and on his decease his lady returned to the duke's family , and was appointed governess of his children . While in this capacity she yielded to the ...
... married to sir Hugh Swinford , a knight of Lincoln , who died soon after his marriage , and on his decease his lady returned to the duke's family , and was appointed governess of his children . While in this capacity she yielded to the ...
Page 406
... marriage between the prince of Wales , Richard , and a daughter of the French king . Such is Froissart's account ; but the English historians Hollingshed and Barnes inform us , that the principal object of his mission was to complain of ...
... marriage between the prince of Wales , Richard , and a daughter of the French king . Such is Froissart's account ; but the English historians Hollingshed and Barnes inform us , that the principal object of his mission was to complain of ...
Page 406
... married in 1360 to Philippa Rouet , by whom he had issue Thomas Chaucer and other children , we are surprised to learn that it is doubtful whether Thomas Chaucer was his son ; that the earliest known evidence of his marriage is a record ...
... married in 1360 to Philippa Rouet , by whom he had issue Thomas Chaucer and other children , we are surprised to learn that it is doubtful whether Thomas Chaucer was his son ; that the earliest known evidence of his marriage is a record ...
Page 417
... marriage bed . His next work is in Latin , entitled Vox CLAMANTIS . Of this there are many copies extant ; that in the Cottonian library is more fully entitled " Johannis Gower Chronica , quæ Vox Clamantis dicitur , siue Poema de ...
... marriage bed . His next work is in Latin , entitled Vox CLAMANTIS . Of this there are many copies extant ; that in the Cottonian library is more fully entitled " Johannis Gower Chronica , quæ Vox Clamantis dicitur , siue Poema de ...
Page 421
... Marriage , in one book . The subject is illustrated by examples . As no part of this poem was ever printed , I transcribe one of the stories . " Qualiter Iason uxorem suam Medeam relinquens , Creusam Creontis regis filiam sibi ...
... Marriage , in one book . The subject is illustrated by examples . As no part of this poem was ever printed , I transcribe one of the stories . " Qualiter Iason uxorem suam Medeam relinquens , Creusam Creontis regis filiam sibi ...
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