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Page xxiv
... hand ; Festes , instrumentz , carols , and daunces , Lust and array , and al the circumstaunces Of love , which I rekned and reken schal , Ech by other were peynted on the wal . And mo than I can make of mencioun . For sothly al the ...
... hand ; Festes , instrumentz , carols , and daunces , Lust and array , and al the circumstaunces Of love , which I rekned and reken schal , Ech by other were peynted on the wal . And mo than I can make of mencioun . For sothly al the ...
Page xxv
... hand hadde sche , And on hir heed , ful semely on to see , A rose garland ful swete and wel smellyng , And aboven hire heed dowves flikeryng . Biforn hir stood hir sone Cupido , Upon his schuldres were wynges two ; And blynd he was , as ...
... hand hadde sche , And on hir heed , ful semely on to see , A rose garland ful swete and wel smellyng , And aboven hire heed dowves flikeryng . Biforn hir stood hir sone Cupido , Upon his schuldres were wynges two ; And blynd he was , as ...
Page xxxiv
... hand , And hem fortunest as the luste devyse , Accept of me my pitous sacrifise . If so be that my youthe may deserve , And that my might be worthi for to serve Thy godhed , that I may be on of thine , Then pray I the to rewe on my pyne ...
... hand , And hem fortunest as the luste devyse , Accept of me my pitous sacrifise . If so be that my youthe may deserve , And that my might be worthi for to serve Thy godhed , that I may be on of thine , Then pray I the to rewe on my pyne ...
Page xxxv
... hand up haf , And more encens into the fyr yet caste , With othir rightes , and than atte laste The statu of Mars bigan his hauberk rynge , And with that soun he herd a murmurynge Ful lowe and dym , and sayde thus , " Victorie . " For ...
... hand up haf , And more encens into the fyr yet caste , With othir rightes , and than atte laste The statu of Mars bigan his hauberk rynge , And with that soun he herd a murmurynge Ful lowe and dym , and sayde thus , " Victorie . " For ...
Page xlvi
... hand of gold wel fyn , As ful of hony , mylk , and blood , and wyn ; Eke Palomon , with a gret companye ; And after that com woful Emelye , With fyr in hond , as was that time the gyse , To do thoffice of funeral servise . 2050 2060 ...
... hand of gold wel fyn , As ful of hony , mylk , and blood , and wyn ; Eke Palomon , with a gret companye ; And after that com woful Emelye , With fyr in hond , as was that time the gyse , To do thoffice of funeral servise . 2050 2060 ...
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Page 367 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own: He who secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived to-day.
Page 16 - The third way is that of imitation, where the translator (if now he has not lost that name) assumes the liberty, not only to vary from the words and sense, but to forsake them both as he sees occasion; and taking only some general hints from the original, to run division on the groundwork, as he pleases.
Page 22 - ... poesie is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring out of one language into another, it will all evaporate; and if a new spirit" be not added in the transfusion, there will remain nothing but a caput mortuum...
Page 291 - He is every where confident of his own reason, and assuming an absolute command, not only over his vulgar reader, but even his patron Memmius. For he is always bidding him attend, as if he had the rod over him ; and using a magisterial authority, while he instructs him.
Page 368 - What is't to me, Who never sail in her unfaithful sea, If storms arise and clouds grow black; If the mast split and threaten wreck? Then let the greedy merchant fear For his ill-gotten gain, And pray to gods that will not hear, While the debating winds and billows bear His wealth into the main.
Page 24 - I was desired to say that the author, 15 who is of the fair sex, understood not Latin. But if she does not, I am afraid she has given us occasion to be ashamed who do.
Page 123 - And would not make her master's compliment ; But persecuted, to the powers she flies, And close between the legs of Jove she lies: He with a gracious ear the suppliant heard, And saved her life ; then what he was declared, And own'd the god.
Page 231 - But suffer inmate souls secure to dwell, Lest from their seats your parents you expel; With rabid hunger feed upon your kind, Or from a beast dislodge a brother's mind.
Page lxiv - Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralite, goode men.
Page 367 - I can enjoy her while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away. The little or the much she gave is quietly resigned; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.