Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: The Canterbury tales of Geoffrey ChaucerPercy Society, 1847 - English literature |
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... Tale , with two manuscripts in the public library of the University of Cambridge , bearing the shelf - marks Mm . 2. 5. ( which I have quoted as C. 1 ) , and Ii . 3 , 26 ( C. 2 ) , but I found so little real use from these latter ...
... Tale , with two manuscripts in the public library of the University of Cambridge , bearing the shelf - marks Mm . 2. 5. ( which I have quoted as C. 1 ) , and Ii . 3 , 26 ( C. 2 ) , but I found so little real use from these latter ...
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... Tale , is described- " With camoys nose , and eyghen gray as glas . " 160. -a broch . In 1845 a brooch , of the form of an A , represented in the accompany . ing cut , was found in a field in Dorsetshire . It appears to be of the ...
... Tale , is described- " With camoys nose , and eyghen gray as glas . " 160. -a broch . In 1845 a brooch , of the form of an A , represented in the accompany . ing cut , was found in a field in Dorsetshire . It appears to be of the ...
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... tale . wyn . A FRANKELEYN ther was in his companye ; Whit was his berde , as the dayesye . Of his complexioun he was sangwyn . Wel loved he in the morn a sop of To lyve in delite was al his wone , For he was Epicurius owne sone , That ...
... tale . wyn . A FRANKELEYN ther was in his companye ; Whit was his berde , as the dayesye . Of his complexioun he was sangwyn . Wel loved he in the morn a sop of To lyve in delite was al his wone , For he was Epicurius owne sone , That ...
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... tale aftur a man , He moste reherce , as neigh as ever he can , Every word , if it be in his charge , Al speke he never so rudely ne large ; Or elles he moot telle his tale untrewe , Or feyne thing , or fynde wordes newe . He may not ...
... tale aftur a man , He moste reherce , as neigh as ever he can , Every word , if it be in his charge , Al speke he never so rudely ne large ; Or elles he moot telle his tale untrewe , Or feyne thing , or fynde wordes newe . He may not ...
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Percy Society. Al have I folk nat set in here degré Here in this tale , as that thei schulde stonde : My witt is schorte , ye may wel undurstonde . Greet cheere made oure ost us everichon , And to the souper sette he us anon : And served ...
Percy Society. Al have I folk nat set in here degré Here in this tale , as that thei schulde stonde : My witt is schorte , ye may wel undurstonde . Greet cheere made oure ost us everichon , And to the souper sette he us anon : And served ...
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Absolon Adam adoun agayn Allas anon anoon answerde Arcite brother byforn Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer clerk companye Constaunce counseil couthe cowde Crist dede deth doon dore doth doughter doun edition Emelye fader fair fals felawe fynde gentil Goddes goon goth gret grete Harl hath heed heere heih herte hire hond hous housbond knight kyng leet lenger litel loked lond lord lyve maner moche myller noon nought Palamon Piers Ploughman prisoun quod sche ryde saugh sayde sayn schal schapen schortly schulde sette seyde Gamelyn seye seynt sone sorwe soth spak speke sterte tale tale of Gamelyn Thanne thay Thebes ther therfore therto Theseus thing thou schalt thre thurgh thyn toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt unto Venus watir whan wher whil wight withouten wolde womman woot wyde yeer yonge
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Page ix - Meanwhile in 1374 he was appointed Comptroller of the Customs and Subsidy of Wools, Skins, and Tanned Hides...
Page 4 - 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 24 - He sette nat his benefice to hyre, And leet his sheep encombred in the myre, And ran to London, un-to seynt Poules, To seken him a chaunterie for soules...
Page 23 - PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 32 - He seyde, he hadde a gobet of the seyl That se'ynt Peter hadde, whan that he wente Up-on the see, til Jesu Crist him hente. He hadde a croys of latoun, ful of stones, And in a glas he hadde pigges bones.
Page 11 - Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste...
Page 33 - 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 25 - The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones: Ful big he was of braun and eek of bones; That proved wel, for over-al ther he cam, At wrastling he wolde have alwey the ram.
Page 26 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 10 - And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men...