Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1J.W. Parker, 1854 - English poetry |
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Page 83
... heere . ' 2 Bede meant originally a prayer , as in bedesman ; but from the cus- tom of counting prayers upon a string of grains , it came at last to be applied to the grains themselves . The collection of prayers thus counted , and ...
... heere . ' 2 Bede meant originally a prayer , as in bedesman ; but from the cus- tom of counting prayers upon a string of grains , it came at last to be applied to the grains themselves . The collection of prayers thus counted , and ...
Page 84
... heere Gyngle in a whistlyng wynd so cleere , And eek as lowde as doth the chapel belle . Ther as this lord was keper of the selle , 5 1 Tyrwhitt professes not to be able to conjecture the duties of a female chaplain ; they may be ...
... heere Gyngle in a whistlyng wynd so cleere , And eek as lowde as doth the chapel belle . Ther as this lord was keper of the selle , 5 1 Tyrwhitt professes not to be able to conjecture the duties of a female chaplain ; they may be ...
Page 115
... heere , I wolde han told yow fully the manere , How wonnen was the regne of Femenye By Theseus , and by his chivalrye ; And of the grete bataille for the nones Bytwix Athenes3 and the Amazones ; Kingdom of the Amazons , so called from ...
... heere , I wolde han told yow fully the manere , How wonnen was the regne of Femenye By Theseus , and by his chivalrye ; And of the grete bataille for the nones Bytwix Athenes3 and the Amazones ; Kingdom of the Amazons , so called from ...
Page 117
... heere ; And seyde : Lord , to whom Fortune hath geven Victorie , and as a conquerour lyven , 1 Nought greveth us youre glorie and honour ; But we beseken mercy and socour . Have mercy on oure woo and oure distresse . Som drope of pitee ...
... heere ; And seyde : Lord , to whom Fortune hath geven Victorie , and as a conquerour lyven , 1 Nought greveth us youre glorie and honour ; But we beseken mercy and socour . Have mercy on oure woo and oure distresse . Som drope of pitee ...
Page 129
... heere . We faren as he that dronke is as a mows . A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous , 1 But he not nat which the righte wey is thider , And to a dronke man the wey is slider , And certes in this world so faren we . We seeken faste ...
... heere . We faren as he that dronke is as a mows . A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous , 1 But he not nat which the righte wey is thider , And to a dronke man the wey is slider , And certes in this world so faren we . We seeken faste ...
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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.