The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... dere . For wite thou wel , withouten were , 2740 In thank that thing is taken more , For which a man hath suffred sore . Certis , no wo ne may atteyne Into the sore of loves peyne . Non yvel therto ne may amounte , No more than a man ...
... dere . For wite thou wel , withouten were , 2740 In thank that thing is taken more , For which a man hath suffred sore . Certis , no wo ne may atteyne Into the sore of loves peyne . Non yvel therto ne may amounte , No more than a man ...
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... dere , To me it voidith al [ my ] smerte , Y - wis , he sit so nere myn herte . To speke of him , at eve or morwe , It cureth me of al my sorwe . To me is noon so high plesaunce As of his persone daliaunce . " 2850 She wist ful wel that ...
... dere , To me it voidith al [ my ] smerte , Y - wis , he sit so nere myn herte . To speke of him , at eve or morwe , It cureth me of al my sorwe . To me is noon so high plesaunce As of his persone daliaunce . " 2850 She wist ful wel that ...
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... dere , For the solace that I have lorn , Than I hadde it never aforn . 4325 Certayn I am ful lyk , indeed , And made aboute a garisoun To sette Bialacoil in prisoun ; 4280 The which is shet there in the tour , Ful longe to holde there ...
... dere , For the solace that I have lorn , Than I hadde it never aforn . 4325 Certayn I am ful lyk , indeed , And made aboute a garisoun To sette Bialacoil in prisoun ; 4280 The which is shet there in the tour , Ful longe to holde there ...
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... dere lemman ; 6056 This our accord and our wil now . ' 6065 ' Parfay , ' seide Love , ' I graunte it yow ; I wol wel holde him for my man ; 6059 Now lat him come : ' and he forth ran . " Fals - Semblant , ' quod Love , ' in this wyse I ...
... dere lemman ; 6056 This our accord and our wil now . ' 6065 ' Parfay , ' seide Love , ' I graunte it yow ; I wol wel holde him for my man ; 6059 Now lat him come : ' and he forth ran . " Fals - Semblant , ' quod Love , ' in this wyse I ...
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... dere , Whyl that they walkede in erthe here , Were never seen her bred begging , 6545 For they nolde beggen for no - thing . 6550 And right thus were men wont to teche ; And in this wyse wolde it preche The maistres of divinitee Somtyme ...
... dere , Whyl that they walkede in erthe here , Were never seen her bred begging , 6545 For they nolde beggen for no - thing . 6550 And right thus were men wont to teche ; And in this wyse wolde it preche The maistres of divinitee Somtyme ...
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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.