Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 pages |
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... strong was as a champioùn . He knew the tavernes wel in every toun , And everych hostiler and tappestere , Bet then a lazer , or a beggestere , For unto such a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with siké lazars ...
... strong was as a champioùn . He knew the tavernes wel in every toun , And everych hostiler and tappestere , Bet then a lazer , or a beggestere , For unto such a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with siké lazars ...
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... strong wyn reed as blood . Thanne wolde he speke , and crye as he were wood . And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn , Than wolde he speké no word but Latyn . A fewé termés hadde he , tuo or thre , That he hadde lernéd out of som ...
... strong wyn reed as blood . Thanne wolde he speke , and crye as he were wood . And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn , Than wolde he speké no word but Latyn . A fewé termés hadde he , tuo or thre , That he hadde lernéd out of som ...
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... Greet cheeré made oure host us everichon , And to the souper sette he us anon ; And servede us with vitaille atté beste . Strong was the wyn , and wel to drynke us leste . D A semely man oure hoost he was withalle For to THE PROLOGUE . 49.
... Greet cheeré made oure host us everichon , And to the souper sette he us anon ; And servede us with vitaille atté beste . Strong was the wyn , and wel to drynke us leste . D A semely man oure hoost he was withalle For to THE PROLOGUE . 49.
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... strong in limb , and vigorous in movement . He was in his twentieth year , the age when healthy 1 In the Greeté see At many a noble arive hadde he be . 2 Ful ofté tyme he hadde the bord bygonne . 3 He nevere yit no vileinye ne sayde In ...
... strong in limb , and vigorous in movement . He was in his twentieth year , the age when healthy 1 In the Greeté see At many a noble arive hadde he be . 2 Ful ofté tyme he hadde the bord bygonne . 3 He nevere yit no vileinye ne sayde In ...
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... be satisfied with themselves after absolution . " Although it was the case that the different orders 1 A ful solempné man . 2 He strong was as a champioùn . of friars - black , white , and grey - 68 CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE .
... be satisfied with themselves after absolution . " Although it was the case that the different orders 1 A ful solempné man . 2 He strong was as a champioùn . of friars - black , white , and grey - 68 CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE .
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