| William Tyndale - 1831 - 622 pagina’s
...highe and touers, Thropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no faeries : For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself, In undermeles and in morweningcs, And saith his Matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his limitai... | |
| J. H. Hippisley - 1837 - 370 pagina’s
...burghes, castles high and toures, •f- Thropes, and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no fairies : For ther as wont to "walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself, J In undermeles and morweninges, And sayth his matines and holy thinges, As he goth in his limitation.... | |
| William Howitt - 1838 - 414 pagina’s
...and towres, Thropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no fairies ; For then as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself. And Dr. Corbet, bishop of Norwich, who died in 1635, wrote the following interesting THE FAIRY SUPERSTITIONS.... | |
| Francis Douce - 1839 - 678 pagina’s
...castles highe and toures, Tltropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben nofaeriei: For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself." The other quotation from Chaucer, which Mr. Steerens has given, is not to the present purpose. The... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1839 - 450 pagina’s
...high, and toures, Thropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no faeries : For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself, In undermeles and in morweninges, And sayth his Matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his limitationn.... | |
| Joseph Robertson - 1840 - 286 pagina’s
...Citees and burghes, castles high and toures, Thropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This tnaketh that there ben no fairies : For ther as wont to walken...monasteries. Bishop Corbet has left a Farewell to the Fames, in which he tells how — "... merrily went their tabour And nimbly went their toes. Witness... | |
| William Howitt - 1840 - 652 pagina’s
...burghes, castles highe and toures, Thropes and bernes. shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no fairies ; For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself. And Dr. Corbet, bishop of Norwich, who died in 1635, wrote the following interesting — FAREWELL TO... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1840 - 540 pagina’s
...other holy freres, That serchen euery land, and euery streme — This maketh that ther ben no faeries. For ther as wont to walken was an elf Ther walketh now the limitour himself. WIFE OF BATH'S TALE. However this may be, there can be little doubt that at one period the popular... | |
| William Langland - 1842 - 378 pagina’s
...and toures, Thropes and hernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther hen no faeries : For thei as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself, In undermeles and in morweninges, And sayth bis matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his liinitatioun."... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 pagina’s
...highe and toures, Thropes and bernSs, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no Faeries : For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself In the old days of King Arthur, which the Bretons hold in such high estimation, this land was all full... | |
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