 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 pages
...Chaucer's sweet verse : — " A clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ago ; As leue was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he had geten him... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1867 - 1070 pages
...men him culle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde lung ygo. As lene was bis 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... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 308 pages
...not what 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, 290 For he hadde geten... | |
 | William Brighty Rands - Great Britain - 1869 - 346 pages
...Latin bene. diction ! ' 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 thereto soburly. Pul thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde nought... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 304 pages
...not what 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, 290 For he hadde geten... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 140 pages
...Good—Rich. 14. While it were wholesome.—It were, subjunctive mood, because subordinate to a condition. " Al-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat I undertake." Canterbury Tales, Prol., line 289. 23. And could be content.—Supply I or we, as subject of could.... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 134 pages
...calle. THE CLERK OF OXENFORD. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, 285 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 soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, 290 For he hadde nought... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - Characters and characteristics - 1871 - 592 pages
...' Clerk of Oxenford ' : " 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 loked holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overeat courtepy, For he hadde nought geten... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1871 - 168 pages
...THE CLERK OF OXENFORD. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, ifi That unto logik hadde longe i-go. AI-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Fnl thredbare was his overest courtepy, 290 For he hadde nought... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - Characters and characteristics - 1871 - 582 pages
...' Clerk of Oxenford ' : " A clerk ther was of Oxenford ulso 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 loked holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For ho hadde nought geten... | |
| |
As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. 
