The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... thing may so moch hir plese As mischef and misaventure ; Be brought to nought in shamful wyse . And hath such [ wo ] ... thing lyk , [ as ] of lenesse ; 305 For sorowe , thought , and greet distresse , That she hadde suffred day and night ...
... thing may so moch hir plese As mischef and misaventure ; Be brought to nought in shamful wyse . And hath such [ wo ] ... thing lyk , [ as ] of lenesse ; 305 For sorowe , thought , and greet distresse , That she hadde suffred day and night ...
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... thing was she That whylom round and softe had be . Hir eres shoken fast withalle , 350 355 400 405 She had no - thing hir - self to lede , Ne wit ne pith in [ with ] hir holde More than a child of two yeer olde . But natheles , I trowe ...
... thing was she That whylom round and softe had be . Hir eres shoken fast withalle , 350 355 400 405 She had no - thing hir - self to lede , Ne wit ne pith in [ with ] hir holde More than a child of two yeer olde . But natheles , I trowe ...
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... thing doute , While he the stoon hadde him aboute . That stoon was greetly for to love , 1091 And til a riche mannes bihove Worth al the gold in Rome and Fryse . The mourdaunt , wought in noble wyse , Was of a stoon ful precious , 1045 ...
... thing doute , While he the stoon hadde him aboute . That stoon was greetly for to love , 1091 And til a riche mannes bihove Worth al the gold in Rome and Fryse . The mourdaunt , wought in noble wyse , Was of a stoon ful precious , 1045 ...
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... thing that stant therby , As wel the colour as the figure , Withouten any coverture ; Right so the cristal stoon , shyning , Withouten any disceyving , The testres of the yerde accuseth To him that in the water museth ; For ever , in ...
... thing that stant therby , As wel the colour as the figure , Withouten any coverture ; Right so the cristal stoon , shyning , Withouten any disceyving , The testres of the yerde accuseth To him that in the water museth ; For ever , in ...
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... thing , Hoping to have yit in som tyde Mercy , of that [ that ] I abyde . ' 1975 May no defence availe thee here ; Therfore I rede mak no daungere . If thou wolt yelde thee hastily , Thou shalt [ the ] rather have mercy . He is a fool ...
... thing , Hoping to have yit in som tyde Mercy , of that [ that ] I abyde . ' 1975 May no defence availe thee here ; Therfore I rede mak no daungere . If thou wolt yelde thee hastily , Thou shalt [ the ] rather have mercy . He is a fool ...
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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.