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" Therfore he was a prickasoure a right : Greihoundes he hadde as swift as foul of flight : Of pricking and of hunting for the hare Was all his lust, for no cost wolde he spare. "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 47
1837
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Chaucer

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 766 pages
...ilke text held he not wroth an oistrc. And I say his opinion was good. What shulde he studie, and make himselven wood, Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore,...served ? Let Austin have his swink to him reserved. Thcrfore he was a prickasoure a right : (Jreihoundes he badde as swift as foul of flight: Of pricking...
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The Ancient British Drama ...

Walter Scott - 1810 - 618 pages
...he studie, make himselvcn wood, Upon a hook in cloiHre alway to pore, Or twinken with hiï hondos, and laboure, As Austin bit .- how shal the world be served? Let Austin have his ticink ta him reserved." And, in Pierce Ploaman'i fisión : " Henncts an heapc with hoked stav», Wcnten...
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The Journey from Chester to London

Thomas Pennant - 1811 - 656 pages
...ilke text held he not worth an oistre. And I say his opinion was good : What shulde he studie, & make himselven wood, Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore, Or swinken with his hondes, & labour* As Austin bit ? How shall the world be served ? Let Austin have his swink to him reserved....
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 1

Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 468 pages
...say his opinion was good. What, shulde he studie, and make himselveu wood , tlpon :t book in eloistre alway to pore, Or swinken with his hondes, and laboure,...have his swink to him reserved. Therfore he was a priekasoure a right : Iireihoundes he haUde as swift as foul of flight Of prieking and of hunting for...
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Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 432 pages
...What shulde he studie, and make himselven wood3 Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore, Or swinken4 with his hondes, and laboure, As Austin bit*? how...have his swink to him reserved. Therfore he was a prickasoure8 a right : Greihoundes he hadde as swift as foul of flight : Of pricking and of hunting...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 420 pages
...' Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore, Or swinken4 with his hondes, and laboiire, As Austin bit5? how shal the world be served ? Let Austin have his swink to him reserved. Therfore he was a prickasoure6 a right : Greihoundes he hadde as swift as foul of flight : Of pricking and of hunting...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...not worth an oistre. And I say, his opinion was good : What ! shulde he studie, and make himsclven rs btelligential substances require, As doth your rational ; and bondes, and laboure,) As Austin bit; how shal the world be served? Let Austin have his swink to him...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: Gammer Gurton's needle; Alexander and ...

Robert Dodsley - 1825 - 426 pages
...What shulde he studie, make himselven wood, " Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore, " Or sKtn/cen with his hondes, and laboure, " As Austin bit ? how shal the world be served ? " Let Austin have bis swink to him reserved." And, in Pierce Plowman's Vision: " Hermets anheape with hoked staves, "...
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A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 2

Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist - 1825 - 422 pages
...yere, as ich wene. •Also, in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Prol. 1. 184 : What shulde he studie, make himselven wood, Upon a book in cloistre alway to pore, Or swinken with his hondes, and labouie, As Austin bit ? how shal the world be served ? Let Austin have his swinh to him reserved."...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...say, his opinion was good : What ! shulde he studie, and make himselven wood, Upon a book in eloistre M F hit; how shal the world be served ? Let Austin have his swink to him reserved. Therfore he was a priekasoure...
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