The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1Clarendon Press, 1903 - 881 pages |
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... tolde . Ful wel [ y ] -thewed was she holde ; Ne she was derk ne broun , but bright , 965 And cleer as [ is ] the mone - light , Ageyn whom alle the sterres semen But smale candels , as we demen . Hir flesh was tendre as dewe of flour ...
... tolde . Ful wel [ y ] -thewed was she holde ; Ne she was derk ne broun , but bright , 965 And cleer as [ is ] the mone - light , Ageyn whom alle the sterres semen But smale candels , as we demen . Hir flesh was tendre as dewe of flour ...
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... tolde , For he so musede in the welle , That , if he hir loven nolde , That , shortly al the sothe to telle , That hir behoved nedes dye , Ther lay non other remedye . 1480 But natheles , for his beautee , So fiers and daungerous was he ...
... tolde , For he so musede in the welle , That , if he hir loven nolde , That , shortly al the sothe to telle , That hir behoved nedes dye , Ther lay non other remedye . 1480 But natheles , for his beautee , So fiers and daungerous was he ...
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... , that I 3335 3340 Hadde a felowe faste by , Trewe and siker , curteys , and hend , 3345 And he was called by name a Freend ; Fro him right nought I wold withholde . I tolde 34 [ FRAGMENT B. The Romaunt of the Rose .
... , that I 3335 3340 Hadde a felowe faste by , Trewe and siker , curteys , and hend , 3345 And he was called by name a Freend ; Fro him right nought I wold withholde . I tolde 34 [ FRAGMENT B. The Romaunt of the Rose .
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... tolde , Desyring for to pese my wo ; But over hegge durst I not go , For he + forbad me the passage . I fond him cruel in his rage , And in his hond a gret burdoun . To him I knelid lowe adoun , 3400 Ful meke of port , and simple of ...
... tolde , Desyring for to pese my wo ; But over hegge durst I not go , For he + forbad me the passage . I fond him cruel in his rage , And in his hond a gret burdoun . To him I knelid lowe adoun , 3400 Ful meke of port , and simple of ...
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... tolde him al , Which was right joyful of my tale . He seide , ' Now goth wel thyn affaire , 3455 He shal to thee be debonaire . Though he aforn was dispitous , He shal heeraftir be gracious . 3460 If he were touchid on som good veyne ...
... tolde him al , Which was right joyful of my tale . He seide , ' Now goth wel thyn affaire , 3455 He shal to thee be debonaire . Though he aforn was dispitous , He shal heeraftir be gracious . 3460 If he were touchid on som good veyne ...
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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.