The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... gret tempul of Mars in Thrace , In that colde and frosty regioun Ther as Mars hath his sovereyn mancioun . Ferst on the wal was peynted a foreste In which ther dwelled neyther man nor beste , With knotty , knarry bareyn trees olde Of ...
... gret tempul of Mars in Thrace , In that colde and frosty regioun Ther as Mars hath his sovereyn mancioun . Ferst on the wal was peynted a foreste In which ther dwelled neyther man nor beste , With knotty , knarry bareyn trees olde Of ...
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... gret of strengthe . 1 Though he was so worthy or brave in the field , he was not the less sage in council . A remarkable illustration of the knight's carefulness to avoid all unbecoming words is to be found in Joinville's Memoirs of ...
... gret of strengthe . 1 Though he was so worthy or brave in the field , he was not the less sage in council . A remarkable illustration of the knight's carefulness to avoid all unbecoming words is to be found in Joinville's Memoirs of ...
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... gret disport , And ful plesant , and amyable of port , And peyned hire to counterfete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
... gret disport , And ful plesant , and amyable of port , And peyned hire to counterfete cheere Of court , and ben estatlich of manere , And to ben holden digne of reverence . But for to speken of hire conscience , Sche was so charitable ...
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... gret estat . Now certeinly he was a fair prelat ; He was not pale as a for - pyned goost . A fat swan loved he best of eny roost . His palfray was as broun as eny berye . A FRERE ther was , a wantoun and a merye , A lymytour , a ful ...
... gret estat . Now certeinly he was a fair prelat ; He was not pale as a for - pyned goost . A fat swan loved he best of eny roost . His palfray was as broun as eny berye . A FRERE ther was , a wantoun and a merye , A lymytour , a ful ...
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... gret sentence . Harle 1 i . e . , guarded , that he might not lose his ships by pirates o privateers . 2 He perfectly understood the system of stock - jobbing , so as to gain by the exchange of his crowns , écus , or shields , in the ...
... gret sentence . Harle 1 i . e . , guarded , that he might not lose his ships by pirates o privateers . 2 He perfectly understood the system of stock - jobbing , so as to gain by the exchange of his crowns , écus , or shields , in the ...
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