The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... body ful wel wrought was she ; Men neded not , in no cuntree , A fairer body for to seke . And of fyn orfrays had she eke A chapelet : so semly oon Ne wered never mayde upon ; ... And faire above that chapelet A rose gerland had she set ...
... body ful wel wrought was she ; Men neded not , in no cuntree , A fairer body for to seke . And of fyn orfrays had she eke A chapelet : so semly oon Ne wered never mayde upon ; ... And faire above that chapelet A rose gerland had she set ...
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... bodies , and the cheres , The countenaunce and the maneres Of alle the folk that daunced there , And I shal telle ... body was clad ful richely . Wrought was his robe in straunge gyse , And al to - slitered for queyntyse 840 In many a ...
... bodies , and the cheres , The countenaunce and the maneres Of alle the folk that daunced there , And I shal telle ... body was clad ful richely . Wrought was his robe in straunge gyse , And al to - slitered for queyntyse 840 In many a ...
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... body in my herte maad , To helpe hir sores , and to cure , And that they may the bet endure . But yit this arwe , withoute more , Made in myn herte a large sore , That in ful gret peyne I abood . 1845 But o thing lyked me right wele ; I ...
... body in my herte maad , To helpe hir sores , and to cure , And that they may the bet endure . But yit this arwe , withoute more , Made in myn herte a large sore , That in ful gret peyne I abood . 1845 But o thing lyked me right wele ; I ...
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... body , utterly , Was yeve to peyne and to martyre ; And therto hadde I so gret yre , 3175 3180 That I ne durst the hayes passe ; There was non hope , there was no grace . I trowe never man wiste of peyne , But he were laced in Loves ...
... body , utterly , Was yeve to peyne and to martyre ; And therto hadde I so gret yre , 3175 3180 That I ne durst the hayes passe ; There was non hope , there was no grace . I trowe never man wiste of peyne , But he were laced in Loves ...
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... body unto him loute , Have herte as hard as dyamaunt , Stedefast , and nought pliaunt ; In prisoun though thy body be , At large kepe thyn herte free . A trewe herte wol not plye For no manace that it may drye . If Jelousye doth thee ...
... body unto him loute , Have herte as hard as dyamaunt , Stedefast , and nought pliaunt ; In prisoun though thy body be , At large kepe thyn herte free . A trewe herte wol not plye For no manace that it may drye . If Jelousye doth thee ...
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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.