 | Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...wonder diligent, 485 And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde...yeven out of doute. Unto his poure parishens aboute, 490 Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. Wide was his... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...won J. i diligent, And in adversite ful patient: And swicbe he was yprevtrd of.cn sithes. Fal loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven out of doutc, Unto his poure parishens abuute, Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often silhes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde...substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. Widevwas his parish, and houses fer asonder, But he ne left nought for no rain ne thonder, In sikenesse... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven3 out of doutc, Unto his pourd parishens aboute, Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel thing have sufHsance. Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder, But he ne left nought for no rain ne thornier,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved ' often withes a. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven 3 out of doute, Unto his poure parishens aboute, 1; Of his offring, and eke of his substance. He coude... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...adversite ful patient, — And swiehe he was ypreved often sithes : Ful loth were him to eursen forln's oftring, and, eke, of his substanee. He eoude in litel thing have suffisanee. Wide was his parish,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Country life - 1828 - 268 pages
...swiche he was yproved often sithes Ful loth were him to cm-sen for his tithes, But rather wolde he geren out of doute Unto his poure parishens aboute Of his...eke of his substance ; He coude in litel thing have suffisaoce. Wide was his parish, and houses fer asonder, But he ne left nought for no rain ne thunder... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved (a) often sithes. (6) Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven (c) out of doute, Unto his pour6 parishens aboute, Of his oflring, and eke of his substance. He coude... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...and wonder diligent, And in adversité ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes. Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde...of doute, Unto his poure parishens aboute, Of his oft'ring, and eke of his substance. He coude in litel thing have suffisance. Wide was his parish, and... | |
 | English literature - 1838 - 462 pages
...became an object of the jealousy and oppression of his superiors. Like Chaucer's Parson, " Full loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven out of doud-, Unto his poure parishens aboute Of his offring, and eke of his substance." As his living appears... | |
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Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he yeven out of doute, Unto his poure parishens aboute, Of his offring, and eke of his substance. 
