Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1J.W. Parker, 1854 - English poetry |
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Page 82
... Absolon is said to dance after the scole of Oxenford , i . e . , the style that was fashionable at Oxford . Equally cha- racteristic is the Prioress's precision in practising such rules of good manners as could be learned from the books ...
... Absolon is said to dance after the scole of Oxenford , i . e . , the style that was fashionable at Oxford . Equally cha- racteristic is the Prioress's precision in practising such rules of good manners as could be learned from the books ...
Page 191
... Absolon's devices to make himself agreeable ; his preparations for the hoped - for accolade , and his sudden disgust for his former objects of pursuit , are all thrown in with the hand of a master in this kind of broad humour . The ...
... Absolon's devices to make himself agreeable ; his preparations for the hoped - for accolade , and his sudden disgust for his former objects of pursuit , are all thrown in with the hand of a master in this kind of broad humour . The ...
Page 192
... Absolon , being a parish clerk , was of course , in accord- ance with the custom of the primitive and mediæval churches , in minor orders . ] WHILOM ther was dwellyng at Oxenford 2 A riche gnof , ' that gestes heeld to boorde , * And of ...
... Absolon , being a parish clerk , was of course , in accord- ance with the custom of the primitive and mediæval churches , in minor orders . ] WHILOM ther was dwellyng at Oxenford 2 A riche gnof , ' that gestes heeld to boorde , * And of ...
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... Absolon . Crulle was his heer , and as the gold it schon , And strowted as a fan right large and brood ; Ful streyt and evene lay his jolly schood . His rode was reed , his eyghen gray as goos , With Powles wyndowes corven on his schoos ...
... Absolon . Crulle was his heer , and as the gold it schon , And strowted as a fan right large and brood ; Ful streyt and evene lay his jolly schood . His rode was reed , his eyghen gray as goos , With Powles wyndowes corven on his schoos ...
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... Absolon , that jolly was and gay , Goth with a senser on the haly day , Sensing the wyves of the parisch fast And many a lovely look on hem he cast , And namely on this carpenteres wyf ; To loke on hire him thought a mery lyf ; Sche was ...
... Absolon , that jolly was and gay , Goth with a senser on the haly day , Sensing the wyves of the parisch fast And many a lovely look on hem he cast , And namely on this carpenteres wyf ; To loke on hire him thought a mery lyf ; Sche was ...
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Absolon Adam adoun agayn Allas anon anoon answerde Arcite atte bigan brother byforn cæsura Canterbury Canterbury Tales champioun Chaucer church clerk companye couthe cowde Cristes deth doon dore doun Emelye felawe GEOFFREY CHAUCER Goddes goon goth gret grete Harl hath heed heere heih herte hire hond Johan John of Gaunt knight kyng lady leet litel loked lond lord lyve Mars means meller metre moche Nicholas noon nought Palamon Petrarch poems poet prisoun quod ryde saugh Saxon sayde schal sche scherreve schortly schulde seyde Gamelyn seye seynt Sir Harris Nicolas sone sorwe soth spak Speght speke sterte syllables tale temple Thanne Thebes ther therfore therto Theseus thou schalt thurgh trewe tyme Tyrwhitt unto watir weren whan wher whil withouten wolde woot word wyde yeer yonge
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Page 79 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, Ageyn another hethen in Turkye : And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 178 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, withouten any compaignye.
Page 80 - Embrouded was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede.
Page 107 - For this ye knowen al so wel as I, Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word, if it be in his charge, Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.
Page 75 - The holy blisful martir for to seeke, That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.
Page 77 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed...
Page 115 - WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre...
Page 92 - So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe, And many a breem and many a luce in stewe.
Page 86 - Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare Was al his lust, for no cost wolde he spare.