 | 1765 - 388 psl.
...alliterative meafure fo low as the fixteenth century. It is remarkable that all fuch poets as ufed this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly fuch as were appropriated to poetry : this deferves the attention of thofe, who are deferous... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1855 - 636 psl.
...this part of the island. Dr. Percy has quoted an alliterative poem by a Cheshire man on the hattle of Flodden in 1513, and he has remarked " that all...peculiar Saxon idioms." Essay on Metre of PP This may perbaps have been owing to their being generally inhabitants of the Northern counties, where the old... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 622 psl.
...island. Dr. Percy has quoted an alliterative poem by a Cheshire man on the battle of Flodden in 1613, and he has remarked " that all such poets as used...it many peculiar Saxon idioms." Essay on Metre of P. I'. This may perhaps have been owing to their being generally inhabitants of the Northern counties,... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 336 psl.
...1514-5. Thus have we traced the Alliterative Measure so low as the sixteenth century. It is remarkable that all such poets as used this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly such as were appropriated to poetry : this deserves the attention of those who are desirous... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1860 - 598 psl.
...metre in this part of the island. Dr. Percy lias quoted an alliterative poem by a Cheshire man on tho battle of Flodden in 1513, and he has remarked " that...alterations, than it did in the neighbourhood of the capital. Toijeite here is to relate grtttt. In ver. 13HGl.no has called it to tille in (jette, lloth passes... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1867 - 1072 psl.
...the heroic metre in this part of the island. Dr. Percy has quoted an alliterative poem by a Cheshire man on the battle of Flodden in 1513, and he has remarked...peculiar Saxon idioms." Essay on Metre of PP This may pechaps have been owing to their being generally inhabitants of the Northern counties, where the old... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1868 - 604 psl.
...а ОшнЫго man on tiic buttle of Floddcn in 151.3, und he has remarked " that all such poets us used this kind of metre, retained along with it many...counties, where the old Saxon idiom underwent much fewer und slower alterations, than it did in the neighbourhood of the capital. To ¡it-tie here is to relate... | |
 | English poetry - 1876 - 424 psl.
...1514-5. Thus have we traced the Alliterative Measure so low as the sixteenth century. It is remarkable, that all such poets as used this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly such as were appropriated to poetry : this deserves the attention of those who are desirous... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1876 - 630 psl.
...1514-5. Thus have we traced the Alliterative Measure so low as the sixteenth century. It is remarkable that all such poets as used this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly such as were appropriated to poetry : this deserves the attention of those who are desirous... | |
 | Jakob Schipper - 1910 - 422 psl.
...noteworthy : Thus we have traced the alliterative measure so low as the sixteenth century.. It is remarkable that all such poets as used this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly such as were appropriated to poetry : this deserves the attention of those who art desirous... | |
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Thus have we traced the Alliterative Measure so low as the sixteenth century. It is remarkable that all such poets as used this kind of metre, retained along with it many peculiar Saxon idioms, particularly such as were appropriated to poetry : this deserves... 