The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 2Clarendon Press, 1901 - 881 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
agayn allas alwey anon anoon ayein biforn blisful blisfulnesse certein certes chere cleped comen comune coude Criseyde dede deeth dere doon doun drede dryve erthe freend goddes gode goon greet gret grete hast hath herte hevene him-self hond in-to joye kepe knowen lady leve litel loke lord maken manere mede moche moeve moneye myn herte necessitee never night no-thing noon nought ofte Pandarus peyne quod rede resoun richesses saugh seith seyde seye seyn shal shalt sholde sholden shrewes shul shulde sinne sith sone sonne sorwe soverein speke sterres swete swich thanne thee ther therfore thilke thilke thing thise thogh thou thurgh thyn toun trewe Troilus trouthe trowe tyme un-to up-on verray weren whan who-so whyl wight wikked with-outen wolde wolt womman woot wrecche wroot wyse y-wis yeve
Popular passages
Page 410 - And to ben holden digne of reverence. But, for to speken of hir conscience...
Page 410 - And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 410 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 410 - In hope to stonden in his lady grace. Embrouded was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede. 90 Singinge he was, or floytinge, al the day ; He was as fresh as is the month of May.
Page 409 - Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open ye, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages) : Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages (And palmers for to seken straunge strondes) To feme halwes, couthe in sondry londes ; And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for...
Page 411 - But, for to speken of hir conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe, if that she sawe a mous Caught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. 145 Of smale houndes had she, that she fedde With rested flesh, or milk and wastel-breed. But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte.
Page 536 - Here may men seen that dremes been to drede. And certes, in the same book I rede, Right in the nexte chapitre after this, (I gabbe nat, so have I joye or blis,) Two men that wolde han passed over see, For certeyn cause, in-to a fer contree, If that the wind ne hadde been contrarie, That made hem in a citee for to tarie, That stood ful mery upon an haven-syde. But on a day, agayn the even-tyde, The wind gan chaunge, and blew right as hem leste.
Page 409 - A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To ryden out, he loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye.
Page 540 - But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralite, goode men. 62 ° For Seint Paul seith, that al that writen is, To oure doctrine it is y-write, ywis. Taketh the fruyt, and lat the chaf be stille.
Page 540 - And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, — As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, — Taketh the moralite, good men ; 4630 For Seint Paul seith that al that writen is, To oure doctrine it is y-write y-wis ; Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille.