The Prologue: The Knight's Tale, and the Nun's Priest's TaleHoughton, Mifflin & Company, 1899 - 170 pages |
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... herte have hem in reverence So hertely , that ther is game noon That fro my bokes maketh me to goon , But it be seldom on the holyday , Save , certeynly , that whan the month of May Is comen , and that the floures ginnen for to springe ...
... herte have hem in reverence So hertely , that ther is game noon That fro my bokes maketh me to goon , But it be seldom on the holyday , Save , certeynly , that whan the month of May Is comen , and that the floures ginnen for to springe ...
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... herte.' ́ What reader does not refer part of the bitterness of that cry to the spoiling , already foreseen , of that fair friendship which had hitherto made the prison of the two lads sweet with its daily offices , though that ...
... herte.' ́ What reader does not refer part of the bitterness of that cry to the spoiling , already foreseen , of that fair friendship which had hitherto made the prison of the two lads sweet with its daily offices , though that ...
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... herte . Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was ; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed ; But sikerly she hadde a fair forheed , - 155 It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe ; For , hardily ...
... herte . Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was ; Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed ; But sikerly she hadde a fair forheed , - 155 It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe ; For , hardily ...
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... herte , 230 He may nat wepe althogh hym sore smerte ; Therfore , in stede of wepyng and preyeres , Men moote yeve silver to the povre freres . His tipet was ay farsed ful of knyves And pynnes , for to yeven faire wyves . 235 And ...
... herte , 230 He may nat wepe althogh hym sore smerte ; Therfore , in stede of wepyng and preyeres , Men moote yeve silver to the povre freres . His tipet was ay farsed ful of knyves And pynnes , for to yeven faire wyves . 235 And ...
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... herte At alle tymes , thogh hym gamed or smerte , 535 And thanne his neighebour right as hymselve . He wolde thresshe , and therto dyke and delve , For Cristes sake , for every povre wight , Withouten hyre , if it lay in his myght . His ...
... herte At alle tymes , thogh hym gamed or smerte , 535 And thanne his neighebour right as hymselve . He wolde thresshe , and therto dyke and delve , For Cristes sake , for every povre wight , Withouten hyre , if it lay in his myght . His ...
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