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Page 58
... if you thinketh this is wel i - sayd , Sayeth youre avys , and holdeth yow apayd . please Bayer ) + au expression like " blow the buck's hour rive = pity . Jen reus . This is youre ende and youre conclusioun . ' Who 58 THE KNIGHTES TALE .
... if you thinketh this is wel i - sayd , Sayeth youre avys , and holdeth yow apayd . please Bayer ) + au expression like " blow the buck's hour rive = pity . Jen reus . This is youre ende and youre conclusioun . ' Who 58 THE KNIGHTES TALE .
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... hour he walketh forth a paas pau . Lat . passus . Unto the lystes , ther hire temple was , 1360 And doun he kneleth , and , with humble cheere And herte sore , he seide as ye schul heere . ' Faireste of faire , o lady myn Venus ...
... hour he walketh forth a paas pau . Lat . passus . Unto the lystes , ther hire temple was , 1360 And doun he kneleth , and , with humble cheere And herte sore , he seide as ye schul heere . ' Faireste of faire , o lady myn Venus ...
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... hour inequal that Palamon Bigan to Venus temple for to goon , 1410 Up roos the sonne , and up roos Emelye , And to the temple of Diane gan sche hye . 1415 Hire maydens , that sche thider with hire ladde , Ful redily with hem the fyr ...
... hour inequal that Palamon Bigan to Venus temple for to goon , 1410 Up roos the sonne , and up roos Emelye , And to the temple of Diane gan sche hye . 1415 Hire maydens , that sche thider with hire ladde , Ful redily with hem the fyr ...
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... hours . He carefully watched for a favourable star in the ascendant . A great portion of the medical science of the middle ages depended upon astrological and other superstitious observances . ( Wright . ) Cp . Nonne Prestes Tale , l ...
... hours . He carefully watched for a favourable star in the ascendant . A great portion of the medical science of the middle ages depended upon astrological and other superstitious observances . ( Wright . ) Cp . Nonne Prestes Tale , l ...
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... hour of which ( 1. 635 ) was dedicated to Venus ( 1. 678 ) and to lovers ' vows ( 1. 643 ) . ( Skeat . ) 1. 613. clarré . The French term claré seems simply to have denoted a clear transparent wine , but in its most usual sense a ...
... hour of which ( 1. 635 ) was dedicated to Venus ( 1. 678 ) and to lovers ' vows ( 1. 643 ) . ( Skeat . ) 1. 613. clarré . The French term claré seems simply to have denoted a clear transparent wine , but in its most usual sense a ...
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