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 408
... on his Fables , both written towards the decline of life . Dryden was seventy , and Chaucer before he finished what we have of his Tales , was probably not much less . C. that , in 1389 , we find him clerk of LIFE OF CHAUCER . ix.
... on his Fables , both written towards the decline of life . Dryden was seventy , and Chaucer before he finished what we have of his Tales , was probably not much less . C. that , in 1389 , we find him clerk of LIFE OF CHAUCER . ix.
Page 408
... written of the base and filthy love of men towards women : but alas they are now continued from man to man , and I cannot do what I desire . " To this may be added , that the affecting lines " Gode Counsaile of Chaucer , " are said to ...
... written of the base and filthy love of men towards women : but alas they are now continued from man to man , and I cannot do what I desire . " To this may be added , that the affecting lines " Gode Counsaile of Chaucer , " are said to ...
Page 410
... written earlier than the reign of Henry II . 12 Hist . of Poetry , vol . i . p . 457 . 13 A paraphrase on the Gospel histories , written by one Orme or Ormin . C. 14 A specimen of this is given in Dr. Johnson's Introduction to his ...
... written earlier than the reign of Henry II . 12 Hist . of Poetry , vol . i . p . 457 . 13 A paraphrase on the Gospel histories , written by one Orme or Ormin . C. 14 A specimen of this is given in Dr. Johnson's Introduction to his ...
Page 412
... written in their favourite metre . In the third , or octo- syllable metre " , he wrote several of his compositions , particularly an imperfect translation of the Roman de la Rose , the House of Fame , the Dethe of the Duchesse Blanche ...
... written in their favourite metre . In the third , or octo- syllable metre " , he wrote several of his compositions , particularly an imperfect translation of the Roman de la Rose , the House of Fame , the Dethe of the Duchesse Blanche ...
Page 417
... written in French measure . It is entitled " SPECULUM MEDITANTIS , Un Traitteé , selonc les aucteurs , pour ensampler les amants marietz , au fins qils la foy de lour seints espousailles , pourront per fine loyalte guarder , et al ...
... written in French measure . It is entitled " SPECULUM MEDITANTIS , Un Traitteé , selonc les aucteurs , pour ensampler les amants marietz , au fins qils la foy de lour seints espousailles , pourront per fine loyalte guarder , et al ...
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