An Introduction to the Study of ChaucerThe Laurie, 1875 - 139 pages |
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... sche sang the servise devyne , Entuned in hire nose ful semyly ; And Frensch sche spak ful faire and fetysly , Aftur the scole of Stratford atte Bowe , For Frensch of Parys was to hire unknowe . At mete wel i - taught was she withalle ; ...
... sche sang the servise devyne , Entuned in hire nose ful semyly ; And Frensch sche spak ful faire and fetysly , Aftur the scole of Stratford atte Bowe , For Frensch of Parys was to hire unknowe . At mete wel i - taught was she withalle ; ...
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... sche hadde dronken hire draught . 135 Ful semely aftur hire meete she raught . And sikurly sche was of gret disport , And ful plesant , and amyable of port , And peyned hire to counterfete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere ...
... sche hadde dronken hire draught . 135 Ful semely aftur hire meete she raught . And sikurly sche was of gret disport , And ful plesant , and amyable of port , And peyned hire to counterfete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere ...
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... sche hadde a fair forheed . 155 It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe , For hardily sche was not undurgrowe . Ful fetys was hire cloke , as I was waar . Of smal coral aboute hire arme sche baar A peire of bedes gaudid al with grene ...
... sche hadde a fair forheed . 155 It was almost a spanne brood , I trowe , For hardily sche was not undurgrowe . Ful fetys was hire cloke , as I was waar . Of smal coral aboute hire arme sche baar A peire of bedes gaudid al with grene ...
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... sche was somdel deef , and that was skathe . Of cloth makyng she hadde such an haunt , Sche passed hem of Ypris and of Gaunt . In all the parisshe wyf ne was ther noon That to the offryng byforn hire schulde goon , And if ther dide ...
... sche was somdel deef , and that was skathe . Of cloth makyng she hadde such an haunt , Sche passed hem of Ypris and of Gaunt . In all the parisshe wyf ne was ther noon That to the offryng byforn hire schulde goon , And if ther dide ...
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... Sche was a worthy womman al hire lyfe , Housbondes atte chirche dore hadde sche fyfe , Withouten othur companye in youthe ; But thereof needeth nought to speke as nouthe . And thries hadde sche ben at Jerusalem ; Sche hadde passud many ...
... Sche was a worthy womman al hire lyfe , Housbondes atte chirche dore hadde sche fyfe , Withouten othur companye in youthe ; But thereof needeth nought to speke as nouthe . And thries hadde sche ben at Jerusalem ; Sche hadde passud many ...
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14th century 3rd sing adjective adverb allied Anglo-Saxon atte bedes berd bread called Chaucer church clerk cloth colour common courtepies couthe denote derived dress Edward III expression fair French word frequently Friars gentil gold gret Harl hath heed hence Henry III hire holy honour King king of Cyprus Knight Knight's Tale lady Latin Layamon leet litel lord maner meaning modern English monk note on line nought noun Old English Old French othur passage past phrase physician Piers Ploughman pilgrimage pilgrims plural prefix pres priest pronoun reeve reign sawtrie Saxon says schal sche schulde Scotland seems Seint seye seynt Shakespere Shipman's Tale six MSS smale smerte speke Tabbard Tale termination Thanne ther thing translation tyme Uppon verb vertue Wel cowde weye whan who-so wine wolde woot worn worthy writers
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Page 131 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Page 121 - Unspeakably touching is it, however, when I find both dignities united ; and he that must toil outwardly for the lowest of man's wants, is also toiling inwardly for the highest. Sublimer in this world know I nothing than a Peasant Saint, could such now anywhere be met with. Such a one will take thee back to Nazareth itself; thou wilt see the splendour of Heaven spring forth from the humblest depths of Earth, like a light shining in great darkness.
Page 121 - Two men I honor, and no third. First, the toil-worn Craftsman that with earth-made Implement laboriously conquers the Earth, and makes her man's. Venerable to me is the hard Hand ; crooked, coarse ; wherein notwithstanding lies a cunning virtue, indefeasibly royal, as of the Scepter of this Planet. Venerable too is the rugged face, all weather-tanned, besoiled, with its rude intelligence ; for it is the face of a Man living manlike.
Page 15 - The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men...
Page 137 - The houses were not numbered. There would indeed have been little advantage in numbering them; for of the coachmen, chairmen, porters, and errand boys of London, a very small proportion could read. It was necessary to use marks which the most ignorant could understand. The shops were therefore distinguished by painted signs, which gave a gay and grotesque aspect to the streets. The walk from Charing Cross to Whitechapel lay through an endless succession of saracens...
Page 121 - A second man I honour and still more highly, him who is seen toiling for the spiritually indispensable, not daily bread but the bread of life.
Page 99 - So glad am I, whan that I have presence Of it, to doon it alle reverence, As she that is of alle...
Page 54 - Of which ful blythe and glad was every wight; And telle he moste his tale, as was resoun, By forward and by composicioun, As ye han herd; what nedeth wordes mo?
Page 2 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 47 - 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.