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... noght oold as whan that it is newe would have seemed to Petrarch a blot on her perfection , but which the modern reader gladly welcomes . address to her new - found children ( 11. 1087-1113 ) is also Chaucer's addition , as is the form ...
... noght oold as whan that it is newe would have seemed to Petrarch a blot on her perfection , but which the modern reader gladly welcomes . address to her new - found children ( 11. 1087-1113 ) is also Chaucer's addition , as is the form ...
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... noght with fetherės lowe— And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe . A not - heed hadde he with a broun visage . Of woodécraft wel koude he al the usage . Upon his arm he baar a gay bracér , And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler , And on ...
... noght with fetherės lowe— And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe . A not - heed hadde he with a broun visage . Of woodécraft wel koude he al the usage . Upon his arm he baar a gay bracér , And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler , And on ...
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... noght a sho , So plesaunt was his In principio , 250 Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente : His purchas was wel bettre than his rente . 255 And rage he koude , as it were right a whelpe . In love dayes ther koude he muchel helpe ...
... noght a sho , So plesaunt was his In principio , 250 Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente : His purchas was wel bettre than his rente . 255 And rage he koude , as it were right a whelpe . In love dayes ther koude he muchel helpe ...
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... Noght o word spak he moore than was neede , And that was seyd in forme and reverence And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence . Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche . A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE ...
... Noght o word spak he moore than was neede , And that was seyd in forme and reverence And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence . Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche . A SERGEANT OF THE LAWE ...
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... noght with bras , But al with silver , wroght ful clene and weel , Hire girdles and hir pouches everydeel . Wel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys 360 365 To sitten in a geldehalle , on a deys . Éverich for the wisdom that he kan . Was ...
... noght with bras , But al with silver , wroght ful clene and weel , Hire girdles and hir pouches everydeel . Wel semed ech of hem a fair burgeys 360 365 To sitten in a geldehalle , on a deys . Éverich for the wisdom that he kan . Was ...
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Page 14 - His resons he spak ful solempnely, Souninge alway th'encrees of his winning. He wolde the see were kept for any thing Bitwixe Middelburgh and Orewelle. Wel coude he in eschaunge sheeldes selle. This worthy man ful wel his wit bisette; Ther wiste...
Page 5 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 11 - A fat swan loved he best of any roost. His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. A FRERE ther was, a wantowne and a merye, A lymytour, a ful solempne man. In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
Page 109 - My cours, that hath so wyde for to turne, Hath moore power than woot any man. Myn is the drenchyng in the see so wan, Myn is the prison in the derke cote, Myn is the stranglyng and hangyng by the throte, The murmure, and the cherles rebellyng, The groynynge, and the pryvee empoysonyng.
Page 29 - He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade.
Page 51 - Than is the lylie upon his stalke grene, And fressher than the May with floures newe — For with the rose colour stroof...
Page 4 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye, And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde; He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight; He was a verray parfit gentil knyght.
Page 23 - 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 24 - And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
Page 19 - His table dormant in his halle alway, Stood redy covered al the longe day. At sessiouns ther was he lord and sire ; Ful ofte tymc he was knyght of the shire. An anlaas, and a gipser al of silk, Heeng at his girdel, whit as morne milk ; A shirreve hadde he been, and a countour. Was nowher such a worthy vavasour. 360 An HABERDASSHERE, and a CARPENTER, A WEBBE, a DYERE, and a TAPYCER...