Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1J.W. Parker, 1854 - English poetry |
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... brothers and sisters ' often exhibited in their ordinary signatures no token of relationship . ' It is almost superfluous to observe that this statement , whatever it may be otherwise worth , is only a waste of ingenious speculation in ...
... brothers and sisters ' often exhibited in their ordinary signatures no token of relationship . ' It is almost superfluous to observe that this statement , whatever it may be otherwise worth , is only a waste of ingenious speculation in ...
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... brothers , or ser- vants in the monasteries , to count the paternosters which they were bound to recite at the canonical hours , instead of repeating the Psalms and lessons from Scripture in Latin like the learned monks . 3 Properly a ...
... brothers , or ser- vants in the monasteries , to count the paternosters which they were bound to recite at the canonical hours , instead of repeating the Psalms and lessons from Scripture in Latin like the learned monks . 3 Properly a ...
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... traytour To me , that am thy cosyn and thy brother I - swore1 ful deepe , and ech of us to other , 1 Formal compacts for the purpose of mutual counsel and assist- eek 1 certayn ; That never for to deyen in 124 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... traytour To me , that am thy cosyn and thy brother I - swore1 ful deepe , and ech of us to other , 1 Formal compacts for the purpose of mutual counsel and assist- eek 1 certayn ; That never for to deyen in 124 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
Page 125
... brother ; But that thou schuldest trewly forther me In every caas , and I schal forther the . This was thyn othe , and myn I wot right wel , thou darst it nat withsayn . Thus art thou of my counseil out of doute . And now thou woldest ...
... brother ; But that thou schuldest trewly forther me In every caas , and I schal forther the . This was thyn othe , and myn I wot right wel , thou darst it nat withsayn . Thus art thou of my counseil out of doute . And now thou woldest ...
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... brother , Eche man for himself , ther is non other . Love if the list ; for I love and ay schal ; And sothly , leeve brother , this is al . 1 In the way of love . You loved her as a matter of religion , sup- posing her to be the goddess ...
... brother , Eche man for himself , ther is non other . Love if the list ; for I love and ay schal ; And sothly , leeve brother , this is al . 1 In the way of love . You loved her as a matter of religion , sup- posing her to be the goddess ...
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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.