The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... alwey swich plentee sende 1145 Of gold and silver for to spende Withoute lakking or daungere , As it were poured in ... alwey hir sende , So that the more she yaf awey , The more , y - wis , she hadde alwey . 1160 Gret loos hath Largesse ...
... alwey swich plentee sende 1145 Of gold and silver for to spende Withoute lakking or daungere , As it were poured in ... alwey hir sende , So that the more she yaf awey , The more , y - wis , she hadde alwey . 1160 Gret loos hath Largesse ...
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... alwey ; But no - wher wolde I reste me , Til I hadde al the tyerde in be . The gardin was , by mesuring , Right even and squar in compassing ; 1350 It was as long as it was large . The Trees . Of fruyt hadde every tree his charge , But ...
... alwey ; But no - wher wolde I reste me , Til I hadde al the tyerde in be . The gardin was , by mesuring , Right even and squar in compassing ; 1350 It was as long as it was large . The Trees . Of fruyt hadde every tree his charge , But ...
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... Alwey in herte I rede thee Glad and mery for to be , And be as joyful as thou can ; Love hath no joye of sorowful man . That yvel is ful of curtesye 2281 2285 2290 That + lauhwith in his maladye ; Meken ne souplen to servyse . For ever ...
... Alwey in herte I rede thee Glad and mery for to be , And be as joyful as thou can ; Love hath no joye of sorowful man . That yvel is ful of curtesye 2281 2285 2290 That + lauhwith in his maladye ; Meken ne souplen to servyse . For ever ...
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... such peynes to fele , ' The God of Love than seide me , ' Freend , by the feith I owe to thee , May no man have good , but he it by . 2735 ela red Fort 7 Food - Hope alwey kepe by 28 [ FRAGMENT B The Romaunt of the Rose .
... such peynes to fele , ' The God of Love than seide me , ' Freend , by the feith I owe to thee , May no man have good , but he it by . 2735 ela red Fort 7 Food - Hope alwey kepe by 28 [ FRAGMENT B The Romaunt of the Rose .
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... alwey wol leve , Shal finde among that shal him greve . ' Whan I hir herd thus me chastyse , 3305 I answerd in ful angry wyse . I prayed hir cessen of hir speche , Outher to chastyse me or teche , To bidde me my thought refreyne , Which ...
... alwey wol leve , Shal finde among that shal him greve . ' Whan I hir herd thus me chastyse , 3305 I answerd in ful angry wyse . I prayed hir cessen of hir speche , Outher to chastyse me or teche , To bidde me my thought refreyne , Which ...
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Page 423 - Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte ; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do ? For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And shame it is, if a preest take keep, A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.
Page 418 - And she was cleped madame Eglentyne. Ful wel she song the service divyne, Entuned in hir nose ful semely...
Page 419 - A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. His heed was balled, that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he had been anoint.
Page 417 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, 35 Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem...
Page 422 - To speke of phisik and of surgerye; For he was grounded in astronomye.
Page 422 - 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.
Page 544 - Now certes, I were worse than a feend, If I to yow wolde harm or vileinye.
Page 426 - And of manhod him lakkede right naught. Eek therto he was right a mery man, And after soper pleyen...
Page 358 - That tabouren in your eres many a soun, Right after hir imaginacioun, 355 To have your daliance, and for envye ; These been the causes, and I shall nat lye. Envye is lavender of the court alway ; For she ne parteth, neither night ne day, Out of the hons of Cesar,- thus seith Dante ; 360 Who-so that goth, algato she wol nat wante.
Page 561 - Now lat us sitte and drinke, and make us merie, And afterward we wol his body berie.