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... seye , " leeve mooder , leet me in , " C 729–731 . Nay , thou shalt drynken of another tonne Er that I go , shall savoure wors than ale , D 170 , 171 . The flour is goon , ther is namoore to telle , The bren , as I best kan , now moste ...
... seye , " leeve mooder , leet me in , " C 729–731 . Nay , thou shalt drynken of another tonne Er that I go , shall savoure wors than ale , D 170 , 171 . The flour is goon , ther is namoore to telle , The bren , as I best kan , now moste ...
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... she , soothly for to seye . Upon an amblere esily she sat , Y - wympled wel , and on hir heed an hat As brood as is a bokeler or a targe ; 445 450 455 460 465 470 $ A foot mantel aboute hir hipės large , And 16 A. THE PROLOGUE.
... she , soothly for to seye . Upon an amblere esily she sat , Y - wympled wel , and on hir heed an hat As brood as is a bokeler or a targe ; 445 450 455 460 465 470 $ A foot mantel aboute hir hipės large , And 16 A. THE PROLOGUE.
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... seye o word as another . Crist spak hymself ful brode in hooly writ , And wel ye woot no vileynye is it . 740 Eek Plato seith , whoso that kan hym rede , " The wordės moote be cosyn to the dede . ” Also I prey yow to forgeve it me Al ...
... seye o word as another . Crist spak hymself ful brode in hooly writ , And wel ye woot no vileynye is it . 740 Eek Plato seith , whoso that kan hym rede , " The wordės moote be cosyn to the dede . ” Also I prey yow to forgeve it me Al ...
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... seye , To - morwė , whan ye riden by the weye , Now by my fader soulė that is deed , But ye be myrie , smyteth of myn heed ! Hoold up youre hond withouten moore speche . " Oure conseil was nat longe for to seche ; 775 780 Us thought it ...
... seye , To - morwė , whan ye riden by the weye , Now by my fader soulė that is deed , But ye be myrie , smyteth of myn heed ! Hoold up youre hond withouten moore speche . " Oure conseil was nat longe for to seche ; 775 780 Us thought it ...
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... seye . " 855 And with that word we ryden forth oure weye , And he bigan with right a myrie cheere His tale anon , and seyde in this manère . SELECTIONS FROM THE KNIGHT'S TALE Palamon and Arcite fall in A. THE PROLOGUE 29.
... seye . " 855 And with that word we ryden forth oure weye , And he bigan with right a myrie cheere His tale anon , and seyde in this manère . SELECTIONS FROM THE KNIGHT'S TALE Palamon and Arcite fall in A. THE PROLOGUE 29.
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Page 1 - Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages. And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes. To feme halwes. kowthe in sondry londes; And specially from every shires ende Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende. The hooly blisful martir for to seke. That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.
Page 2 - Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne...
Page 105 - Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men.
Page 2 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste. And shortly, whan the sonne was to reste, So hadde I spoken with hem everichon...
Page 3 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 3 - In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo. This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye. And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys; And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. He was a verray, parfit gentil knyght.
Page 15 - To speke of phisik and of surgerye, For he was grounded in astronomye.
Page 6 - Hir nose tretys, hir eyen greye as glas, Hir mouth ful smal, and therto softe and reed; But sikerly she hadde a fair forheed; It was almoost a spanne brood, I trowe; For, hardily, she was nat undergrowe.
Page 14 - Burdeuxward, whil that the chapman sleep. Of nyce conscience took he no keep; If that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond, By water he sente hem hoom to every lond.
Page 3 - Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree. In Gernade at the seege eek hadde he be Of Algezir, and riden in Belmarye. At Lyeys was he and at Satalye, Whan they were wonne; and in the Crete See At many a noble armee hadde he be.