 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1831 - 1038 pages
...sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A CLERC ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As ve from wisest ages hidden beene; . And later times thinges more unkn ; But loked holwe, and thcrto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde gcten him... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1839 - 932 pages
...language of Chaucer : — A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadcle long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten hin... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 524 pages
...actual language of Chaucer : — A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Fui thredbare was his overcst courtepy, For he hadde geten hin... | |
 | Christianity - 1843 - 744 pages
...of the fourteenth century. " A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe * and thereto soberlye. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepie. For he had geten... | |
 | Victor Aimé Huber - Education, Higher - 1843 - 554 pages
...middle of the thirteenth century. A clerk ther was of Oxenford also. That unto logik hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe* and thereto soberlye. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepie. For he had geten... | |
 | Victor Aimé Huber - Education, Higher - 1843 - 558 pages
...middle of the thirteenth century. A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake. And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe* and thereto soberlye. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepie. For he had geten... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...bcrruwin; CHAUCHA. CHAUCER, A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde Ion;; ygo. As sed to prick, and готе, Yet higher than the breast, for compass ; But looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare wits his overcst courtesy, For he haddc getcu... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...people. 4 Farm 5 Purchase. A Clerk there was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, 1 and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, 2 For he hadde geten... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 840 pages
...)>i faith, els do }>ei wrong, rei stand alle to gode graith, whan j>oii crt Jam among. A p. 193. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; Hut lokcd holwe, and therto soberly. Chaucer. Prologue, 1. 291. I woll not teilen eke how they all... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Literature - 1845 - 356 pages
...Canterbury Tales: " — " A clerk there was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet... | |
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As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. 
