 | English poets - 1801 - 444 pages
...of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great diversite " In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray...default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or ellcs sung, " That thou be understand, God I beseech!" Troilus and Cress, v. 1793 to 98. It was easier... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 446 pages
...of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great diversite " In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-writfe thee, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or elles... | |
 | 1801 - 454 pages
...this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, . " And, for there is so great diversit£ " In English and in writing of our tongue, *' So pray I to God that none mis-write thec, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue: " And, read whereso thou be, or elles sung, " T/iat... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1835 - 758 pages
...And kiss the stepped where as thou seest pace Of Virgil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, Stace. 15-17 And, for3 there is so great diversity In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray I God that none miswritfc thee, Ne thee miss-metre for default of tongue ; And read where so thou be,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1839 - 704 pages
...And kiss the stepp£s where as thou seest pace Of Virgil, Ovid, Homer, Lucan, Stace. 1547 And, for3 there is so great diversity In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray l God that none miswrite thee, Ne thee miss-metre for defanlt of tongue ; And read where so thou he,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1841 - 506 pages
...meaning might be misunderstood, his measures appear unmusical. And, for there is so great diversitie In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray I to God that none mis-vnt-e thee, Ne thfe ma-metre for default of tongue ; And read whereso thou be, or eles sung, That... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1843 - 352 pages
...end of his Troilus, : " And for there is so great diversite, In English, and in writing of our tong ; So pray I to God, that none miswrite thee, Ne thee mis-metre for defaut of tong And redde where so thou be, or else song, That thou be understand', God I beseech —... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1844 - 536 pages
...express his earnest hope that transcribers and reciters may be withheld from violating his met ie : — " And, for there is so great diversity In English and...our tongue, So pray I to God that none miswrite thee JVe tliee mismetrefur defaut of tongue." We do not say that these passages are irreconcilable with... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...aware of this inconvenience. In his address to his book he says, " And, for there is so great divcrsite In English, and in writing of our tongue, So pray...mis-metre for default of tongue : And, read whereso thou he, or elles sung, That thou be understand, God I beseech /" Troilus and Cress., end of book v. It... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - Comparative linguistics - 1853 - 448 pages
...this he complains himself in his Troilus and Cressus, where he " And for there is so great diversite, In (English and in writing of our tongue, So pray...mismetre for default of tongue,] And read whereso thon be or dies sung, That thou be understood, God I beseocho." CHAUCER. 1 73 This great diversity... | |
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In English, and in writing of our tongue, " So pray I to God that none mis-write thee, " Ne thee mis-metre for default of tongue : " And, read whereso thou be, or ellcs sung, " That thou be understand, God I beseech! 
