The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 2Bell and Daldy, 1866 - 375 pages |
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... knight than wol I first bygynne . A KNIGHT ther was , and that a worthy man , That from the tyme that he ferst bigan To ryden out , he lovede chyvalrye , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthi was he in his lordes werre ...
... knight than wol I first bygynne . A KNIGHT ther was , and that a worthy man , That from the tyme that he ferst bigan To ryden out , he lovede chyvalrye , Trouthe and honour , fredom and curtesie . Ful worthi was he in his lordes werre ...
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... knight hadde ben also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye , Ayeyn another hethene in Turkye : And everemore he hadde a sovereyn prys . And though that he was worthy he was wys , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . He never yit no ...
... knight hadde ben also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye , Ayeyn another hethene in Turkye : And everemore he hadde a sovereyn prys . And though that he was worthy he was wys , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . He never yit no ...
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... knight of the schire . An anlas and a gipser al of silk Heng at his gerdul , whit as morne mylk . A schirreve hadde he ben , and a counter ; Was nowher such a worthi vavaser . An HABURDASSHER and a CARPENTER , A WEBBE , a DEYER , and a ...
... knight of the schire . An anlas and a gipser al of silk Heng at his gerdul , whit as morne mylk . A schirreve hadde he ben , and a counter ; Was nowher such a worthi vavaser . An HABURDASSHER and a CARPENTER , A WEBBE , a DEYER , and a ...
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... knight , ' quoth he , maister and my lord , Now draweth cut , for that is myn acord . Cometh ner , ' quoth he , my lady prioresse ; is spent . 820 830 And ye , sir clerk , lat be your schamfastnesse 26 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... knight , ' quoth he , maister and my lord , Now draweth cut , for that is myn acord . Cometh ner , ' quoth he , my lady prioresse ; is spent . 820 830 And ye , sir clerk , lat be your schamfastnesse 26 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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... knight , Of which ful glad and blithe was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun , By forward and by composicioun , 840 As ye han herd ; what needeth wordes moo ? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so , 850 As he ...
... knight , Of which ful glad and blithe was every wight ; And telle he moste his tale as was resoun , By forward and by composicioun , 840 As ye han herd ; what needeth wordes moo ? And whan this goode man seigh that it was so , 850 As he ...
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Page 27 - WHYLOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; What with his wisdom and his...
Page 27 - my lady prioresse ; And ye, sir clerk, lat be your shamfastnesse, Ne studieth noght; ley hond to, every man.' Anon to drawen every wight bigan, And shortly for to tellen, as it was, Were it by aventure, or sort,*
Page 18 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 23 - For this ye knowen al so wel as I, Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word, if it be in his charge, Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.
Page 8 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe al-thogh him sore smerte. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 25 - And which of yow that bereth him best of alle, That is to seyn, that telleth in this cas Tales of best sentence...
Page 109 - ful yore ago," " Hast ow nought herd," quod Nicholas, " also The sorwe of Noe with his felaschipe, That he hadde or he gat his wyf to schipe ? Him hadde wel lever, I dar wel undertake.
Page 21 - Ful prively a finch eek coude he pulle. And if he fond o-wher a good felawe, He wolde techen him to have non awe, In swich cas, of the erchedeknes curs, But-if a mannes soule were in his purs; For in his purs he sholde y-punisshed be. ' Purs is the erchedeknes helle,
Page 10 - A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also That un-to logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But loked holwe, and ther-to soberly. Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy; For he had geten him yet no benefyce, Ne was so worldly for to have offyce.
Page 6 - The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By cause that it was old and somdel streit This ilke Monk leet olde thynges pace, 175 And heeld after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen That seith that hunters been nat hooly men...