Geoffrey Chaucer's the Prologue to the Book of the Tales of Canterbury: The Knight's Tale; The Nun's Priest's Tale |
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... the knee . A daggere hanging on a laas hadde he Aboute his nekke under his arm adoun . The hote somer hadde maad his hewe al broun ; And certeynly he was a good felawe . ° 395 Ful many a draughte of wyn had he y - 16 THE PROLOGUE.
... the knee . A daggere hanging on a laas hadde he Aboute his nekke under his arm adoun . The hote somer hadde maad his hewe al broun ; And certeynly he was a good felawe . ° 395 Ful many a draughte of wyn had he y - 16 THE PROLOGUE.
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... felawe sholde men nought finde . He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn A good felawe to have his concubyn A twelf - month , an excuse him atte fulle . And prively a finch ° eek coude he pulle . And if he fond owher a good felawe , He wolde ...
... felawe sholde men nought finde . He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn A good felawe to have his concubyn A twelf - month , an excuse him atte fulle . And prively a finch ° eek coude he pulle . And if he fond owher a good felawe , He wolde ...
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... felawe telle his tale aboute , And lat see now who shal the soper winne ; And ther I lefte , I wol ageyn biginne . This duk of whom I make mencioun When he was come almost unto the toun , In al his wele and in his moste pride , He was ...
... felawe telle his tale aboute , And lat see now who shal the soper winne ; And ther I lefte , I wol ageyn biginne . This duk of whom I make mencioun When he was come almost unto the toun , In al his wele and in his moste pride , He was ...
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... felawe Arcite ° For evermore ; ther may no gold hem quite . This passeth yeer by yeer and day by day , Til it fil ones in a morwe of May 1030 That Emelye , that fairer was to sene Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene , And fresher ...
... felawe Arcite ° For evermore ; ther may no gold hem quite . This passeth yeer by yeer and day by day , Til it fil ones in a morwe of May 1030 That Emelye , that fairer was to sene Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene , And fresher ...
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... felawe was unto duk Theseus Sin thilke day that they were children lite , Was come to Atthenes , his felawe to visite , And for to pleye , as he was wont to do ; For in this world he loved no man so , And he loved him as tendrely ageyn ...
... felawe was unto duk Theseus Sin thilke day that they were children lite , Was come to Atthenes , his felawe to visite , And for to pleye , as he was wont to do ; For in this world he loved no man so , And he loved him as tendrely ageyn ...
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Page 264 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths; all these have vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 137 - Or elles, if free choys be graunted me To do that same thing, or do it noght, Though god forwoot it, er that it was wroght ; Or if his witing streyneth nevere a del But by necessitee condicionel.
Page 11 - Or with a bretherhed to been withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat miscarie ; He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful man nat despitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, But in his teching discreet and benigne.
Page 3 - Souninge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
Page 2 - For him was lever have at his beddes heed Twenty bokes, clad in blak or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye.
Page 20 - In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 125 - Seyde he nat thus, ne do no fors of dremes? Now, sire," quod she, "whan we flee fro the bemes, For Goddes love, as...