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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... ther as I yow devise . But natheles , whyl I have time 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 me , And whiche they weren and of ...
... ther as I yow devise . But natheles , whyl I have time 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 me , And whiche they weren and of ...
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... ther was his sone , a yong SQUYER , A lovyere , and a lusty bacheler , ° With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse . Of twenty yeer of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of evene lengthe , And wonderly delivere and of ...
... ther was his sone , a yong SQUYER , A lovyere , and a lusty bacheler , ° With lokkes crulle as they were leyd in presse . Of twenty yeer of age he was , I gesse . Of his stature he was of evene lengthe , And wonderly delivere and of ...
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... , as I gesse . Ther was also a Nonne , a PRIORESSE , That of hir smiling was ful simple and coy ; Hir gretteste ooth was but ' By Seynte Loy ° ' ; 100 105 110 115 120 And she was cleped Madame Eglentine . ° Ful wel THE PROLOGUE.
... , as I gesse . Ther was also a Nonne , a PRIORESSE , That of hir smiling was ful simple and coy ; Hir gretteste ooth was but ' By Seynte Loy ° ' ; 100 105 110 115 120 And she was cleped Madame Eglentine . ° Ful wel THE PROLOGUE.
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... ther was no ferthing sene Of grece , whan she dronken hadde hir draughte 135 Ful semely after hir mete she raughte . And sikerly she was of greet disport , And ful plesaunt , and amiable of port , And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of ...
... ther was no ferthing sene Of grece , whan she dronken hadde hir draughte 135 Ful semely after hir mete she raughte . And sikerly she was of greet disport , And ful plesaunt , and amiable of port , And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of ...
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... ther was first write a crowned A , And after Amor vincit omnia . Another NONNE with hir hadde she , That was hir chapeleyne , and PREESTES thre . A MONK ther was , a fair for the maistrye , An outridere , that lovede venerye ; A manly ...
... ther was first write a crowned A , And after Amor vincit omnia . Another NONNE with hir hadde she , That was hir chapeleyne , and PREESTES thre . A MONK ther was , a fair for the maistrye , An outridere , that lovede venerye ; A manly ...
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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...