| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 794 pages
...n'ot how men him calle» A Cle rl ther was of Oxenford aUb, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As Icne was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat I undertake. But loked holwe, and therto foberly . Ful thredbare was his overeft courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 766 pages
...soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto lug ike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he...loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was bis ovcrest courtepy, Fur he harldc geten him yet no benelicK, Ne was nought worldly to have an office.... | |
| Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 466 pages
...• • '. A . • • i. .; THE CLERK OF OXEWFORDE. • And he was not right fat, I undertake ; 290 But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed... | |
| Henry John Todd - Narrative poetry, English - 1810 - 470 pages
...sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. THE CLERK OF OXEWFORDE. And he was not right fat, I undertake ; 290 But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 432 pages
...soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked hoi we2, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy3, For he hadde geten him yet no... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 468 pages
...soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him ealle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake Htd loked holwe, and therto soberly. Pul thredbare was his overest eourtepy, For he hadde geten him... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 420 pages
...n'ot how men him calle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lent: was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe2, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy9, For he hadde geten him yet no... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 400 pages
...soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he...thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes bed... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...no't how men him calle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That onto logike hadde long y go. • fl han half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long, and this new world, shall know. looked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his ovrrest courtppy. For he hadde geten him yet... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...soth to sayn, I no't how men him ealle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde VYWZW3W W WIW'SoVpVqVrVsV V V U U U<S 0 V )bT,NYJ U FlQ7V % 6 S looked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest eourtepy, For he hadde geten him yet... | |
| |