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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... Grete See At many a noble armee hadde he be . 50 55 60 At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene , And foughten for our feith at Tramissene In listes thryes , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthy knight hadde been also Somtime with ...
... Grete See At many a noble armee hadde he be . 50 55 60 At mortal batailles hadde he been fiftene , And foughten for our feith at Tramissene In listes thryes , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthy knight hadde been also Somtime with ...
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... grete bataille for the nones Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones ; And how asseged was Ipolita , The faire , hardy queen of Scithia ; And of the feste that was at hir weddinge , And of the tempest at hir hoom - cominge ; But al that thing I ...
... grete bataille for the nones Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones ; And how asseged was Ipolita , The faire , hardy queen of Scithia ; And of the feste that was at hir weddinge , And of the tempest at hir hoom - cominge ; But al that thing I ...
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... grete clamour and the waymentinge That the ladies made at the brenninge Of the bodies , and the grete honour That Theseus , the noble conquerour , Doth to the ladies , whan they from him wente ; But shortly for to telle is myn entente ...
... grete clamour and the waymentinge That the ladies made at the brenninge Of the bodies , and the grete honour That Theseus , the noble conquerour , Doth to the ladies , whan they from him wente ; But shortly for to telle is myn entente ...
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... grete tour , that was so thikke and strong , Which of the castel was the chief dongeoun , Ther as the knightes weren in prisoun ( Of which I tolde you and tellen shal ° ) , Was evene joynant to the gardin - wal , 1055 1060 Ther as this ...
... grete tour , that was so thikke and strong , Which of the castel was the chief dongeoun , Ther as the knightes weren in prisoun ( Of which I tolde you and tellen shal ° ) , Was evene joynant to the gardin - wal , 1055 1060 Ther as this ...
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... nis no remedye . ' Upon that other side Palamon , Whan that he wiste Arcite was agon , Swich sorwe he maketh that the grete tour 1255 1250 1265 1270 1275 Resouneth of his youling and clamour . The pure fettres 52 THE KNIGHT'S TALE.
... nis no remedye . ' Upon that other side Palamon , Whan that he wiste Arcite was agon , Swich sorwe he maketh that the grete tour 1255 1250 1265 1270 1275 Resouneth of his youling and clamour . The pure fettres 52 THE KNIGHT'S TALE.
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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...