 | Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1872 - 344 pages
...not what men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, 185 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 ovcreste courtepy, *lo For he hadde gcten... | |
 | Archaeology - 1873 - 670 pages
...the Clerk : — A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. Al so lene vas his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. The Sergeant-of-Law was a modest man : — He rood but hoomly in a medleJ coat, Gird with a seynt of... | |
 | John Bascom - English literature - 1893 - 458 pages
...poorest widow, a farthing before he left. Then comes the clerk of Oxford, as yet without a benefice. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. He had in him the spirit of scholarship, however, and preferred to have at his bed's head, twenty books... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 836 pages
...sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As ut all ornam@ 6 ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeat courtepy,14 For he hadde geten... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - Authors, English - 1876 - 870 pages
...fortune is a poor Clerk : A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i -go. As se wounds do Received in just and in religious wars ; Though thou ; But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy,8 For he hackle geten... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...UXEKFOBD. (From tht ElUsmere MS.) A CLEBK 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 looked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thrc-dbare was his overest courtepy," 290 For he had geten... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1877 - 180 pages
...oxford A CLERK * ther was of Oxenford also, logic, gone That unto logik hadde longe ygo. lean, horse As 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 geten... | |
 | Sir Alexander Grant - 1877 - 216 pages
...the following terms : — " A clerk there 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 fast, I undertake ; But looked holwe and thereto soberlye. Ful threadbare was his overest cour-tepye.... | |
 | English authors - 1880 - 178 pages
...Died, 1400.] CHAUCER'S CLERK. 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... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 108 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 orereste courtepy, 290 For he hadde geten... | |
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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. 
