Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1J.W. Parker, 1854 - English poetry |
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Page 81
... heed ' hadde he with a broun visage . Of woode - craft cowde he wel al the usage . Upon his arme he bar a gay bracer , And by his side a swerd and a bokeler , And on that other side a gay daggere , Harneysed wel , and scharp as poynt of ...
... heed ' hadde he with a broun visage . Of woode - craft cowde he wel al the usage . Upon his arme he bar a gay bracer , And by his side a swerd and a bokeler , And on that other side a gay daggere , Harneysed wel , and scharp as poynt of ...
Page 86
... heed was ballid , and schon as eny glas , And eek his face as he hadde be anoynt . He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt ; His eyen steep , and rollyng in his heed , That stemed as a forneys of a leed ; His bootes souple , * his hors ...
... heed was ballid , and schon as eny glas , And eek his face as he hadde be anoynt . He was a lord ful fat and in good poynt ; His eyen steep , and rollyng in his heed , That stemed as a forneys of a leed ; His bootes souple , * his hors ...
Page 89
... heed aright , As don the sterres in the frosty night . This worthi lymytour was called Huberd . A MARCHAUNT was ther with a forked berd , * In motteleye , and high on horse he sat , Uppon his heed a Flaundrisch bever hat ; His botus ...
... heed aright , As don the sterres in the frosty night . This worthi lymytour was called Huberd . A MARCHAUNT was ther with a forked berd , * In motteleye , and high on horse he sat , Uppon his heed a Flaundrisch bever hat ; His botus ...
Page 90
... heed Twenty bookes , clothed in blak and reed , Of Aristotil , and of his philosophie , Then robus riche , or fithul , or sawtrie . But al though he were a philosophre , Yet hadde he but litul gold in cofre ; But al that he might of his ...
... heed Twenty bookes , clothed in blak and reed , Of Aristotil , and of his philosophie , Then robus riche , or fithul , or sawtrie . But al though he were a philosophre , Yet hadde he but litul gold in cofre ; But al that he might of his ...
Page 96
... heed . Hir hosen were of fyn scarlett reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . 1 See post , Pardoner's Prologue . 2 Perhaps , as Mr. Wright suggests , in allusion ...
... heed . Hir hosen were of fyn scarlett reed , Ful streyte y - teyed , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hir face , and fair , and reed of hewe . 1 See post , Pardoner's Prologue . 2 Perhaps , as Mr. Wright suggests , in allusion ...
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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.