 | Charles Francis Richardson - Best books - 1905 - 424 pages
...have money to i buy books ? " A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. Al-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. But lokede holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde nought geten... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Readers - 1905 - 494 pages
...herte. The Clerk of Oxenford. A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde long y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake, But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, For he had geten him... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1905 - 766 pages
...not how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, 285 That unto logik hadde longe i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, 29o For he hadde geten... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1906 - 764 pages
...not how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, 285 That unto logik hadde longe i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; ' But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, ay For he hadde... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1907 - 160 pages
...AD). "THE CLERK OF OXFORD." A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, For he hadde geten... | |
 | Oxford (England) - 1911 - 492 pages
...OXENFORD A CLERK tber was of Oxenford also, A Clerk of That unto logik hadde longe tyme i-go. Oxenford Al-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But lokede holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde nought geten... | |
 | Albert Hamann - 1911 - 226 pages
...absolucioun. A Clerk of Oxenford represents the teaching body; alas, he is lean and threadbare — As lere was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche. As a welcome contrast... | |
 | Robert Sangster Rait - College students - 1912 - 192 pages
...UNIVERSITY CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY " A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe y-go As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy, For he had geten him... | |
 | William Joseph Long - English literature - 1925 - 844 pages
...truth. 22I don't know. J A Clerk1 ther was of Oxen ford also That unto logyk hadde longe y-go. As leene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake, But looked holwe2 and ther-to sobrely. 5 Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy,2 For he hadde geten... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 440 pages
...sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. 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. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him... | |
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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. 
