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... manere thei ben caytifs fro hir propre liberte . The whiche thingis natheles the lokynge of the devyne purveaunce seth , that alle thingis byholdeth and seeth fro eterne , and ordeyneth hem everiche in here merites as thei ben ...
... manere thei ben caytifs fro hir propre liberte . The whiche thingis natheles the lokynge of the devyne purveaunce seth , that alle thingis byholdeth and seeth fro eterne , and ordeyneth hem everiche in here merites as thei ben ...
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... manere , Til on a day , whan Phebus gan to clere— Aurora with the stremès of hire hete Had dried uppe the dewe of herbės wete Unto this clyfte , as it was wont to be , Come Piramus , and after come Tesbe . And plighten trouthė fully in ...
... manere , Til on a day , whan Phebus gan to clere— Aurora with the stremès of hire hete Had dried uppe the dewe of herbės wete Unto this clyfte , as it was wont to be , Come Piramus , and after come Tesbe . And plighten trouthė fully in ...
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... manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe , if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smalė houndės hadde ...
... manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe , if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smalė houndės hadde ...
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... was the shape , in manere of compaas , Ful of degrees , the heighte of sixty pas , That whan a man was set on o degree , He lettė nat his felawe for to see . Estward ther stood a gate of marbul whit , Westward 146 CHAUCER & HIS POETRY.
... was the shape , in manere of compaas , Ful of degrees , the heighte of sixty pas , That whan a man was set on o degree , He lettė nat his felawe for to see . Estward ther stood a gate of marbul whit , Westward 146 CHAUCER & HIS POETRY.
Page 182
... manere . ' The next tale that apparently belongs to the second day of the pilgrimage is of a very different order . Lest we should think that Chaucer's mind runs too much into the direction of broad farce , he gives us the clerk's ...
... manere . ' The next tale that apparently belongs to the second day of the pilgrimage is of a very different order . Lest we should think that Chaucer's mind runs too much into the direction of broad farce , he gives us the clerk's ...
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Page 166 - What sholde I moore unto this tale sayn ? The peple out sterte and caste the cart to grounde, And in the myddel of the dong they founde The dede man, that mordred was al newe. " O blisful God, that art so just and trewe ! Lo, how that thou biwreyest...
Page 130 - And she was cleped madame Eglentyne. Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely...
Page 127 - A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To riden out, he loved chivalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
Page 135 - As leene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.
Page 138 - And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
Page 164 - graunt mercy of youre loore, But nathelees, as touchyng Daun Catoun, That hath of wysdom swich a greet renoun, Though that he bad no dremes for to drede, By God, men may in olde bookes rede Of many a man moore of...
Page 143 - Now, lordinges, trewely, Ye been to me right welcome hertely: For by my trouthe, if that I shal nat lye, I ne saugh this yeer so mery a companye At ones in this herberwe as is now. Fayn wolde I doon yow mirthe, wiste I how. And of a mirthe I am right now bithoght, To doon yow ese, and it shal coste noght.
Page 138 - And yet he was but esy of. dispence; He kepte that he wan in pestilence; For gold in phisik is a cordial : Therfore he lovede gold in special. A good WIF was ther OF biside BATHE, 445 But she was somdel deef, and that was scathe. Of clooth-makyng she hadde swich an haunt, She passed hem of Ypres and of Gaunt.
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Page 132 - A manly man, to been an abbot able. Ful many a deyntee hors hadde he in stable: And, whan he rood, men mighte his brydel here Ginglen in a whistling wind...