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... Thanne long | en folk | to gon | on pil | grimag | es . And that of nine in 1. 391- Ina gowne | of fal | dyng to | the kne . The opening couplet , though generally read as decasyllabic , is really composed of eleven , as will be seen by ...
... Thanne long | en folk | to gon | on pil | grimag | es . And that of nine in 1. 391- Ina gowne | of fal | dyng to | the kne . The opening couplet , though generally read as decasyllabic , is really composed of eleven , as will be seen by ...
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... Thanne long en folk | to gon | on pil | grimag | es , And palm | ers for | to seek | en straung | ě strond | es To fer ne hal | wes , kouthe | in son | dry lond | es ; And specially , | from eve | ry schi | res endě Of Eng | elond ...
... Thanne long en folk | to gon | on pil | grimag | es , And palm | ers for | to seek | en straung | ě strond | es To fer ne hal | wes , kouthe | in son | dry lond | es ; And specially , | from eve | ry schi | res endě Of Eng | elond ...
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... Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seeken straungě stronděs , To ferně halwes , kouthe in sondry londěs ; 10 and the first half of the Bull . The former of these was now just completed ; the sun had run that ...
... Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages , And palmers for to seeken straungě stronděs , To ferně halwes , kouthe in sondry londěs ; 10 and the first half of the Bull . The former of these was now just completed ; the sun had run that ...
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... thanne out of alle charité . Hire keverchefs ful fyně weren of groundě ; I durstě swere they weyyeden ten poundě That on the Sonday were upon hire heed . Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful ...
... thanne out of alle charité . Hire keverchefs ful fyně weren of groundě ; I durstě swere they weyyeden ten poundě That on the Sonday were upon hire heed . Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful ...
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... - Whether it gave him pleasure or pain , i.e. whether his piety conduced to or conflicted with his worldly interests . 533-535 . Cf. Mark xii . 33 . And thanne his neighěbour right as himselvě . He wolde 82 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... - Whether it gave him pleasure or pain , i.e. whether his piety conduced to or conflicted with his worldly interests . 533-535 . Cf. Mark xii . 33 . And thanne his neighěbour right as himselvě . He wolde 82 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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