 | John Radford Thomson - 1884 - 104 pages
...of his alma mater: — " A clerk there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic hadde long i-go. Al so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Full thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde nought... | |
 | F.A. LEO - 1885 - 440 pages
...bei Chaucer, Prologue v. 285: A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde lange 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 him... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1886 - 288 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 looked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, 290 For he hadde geten... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 494 pages
...omnia THE OXFORD CLERK. A Clerk ther was of Oxcnford also, That vn to logyk hadde longo ygo, And leeno was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked hohve and ther to sobrely. Fful thredbare wa.s his overest courtepy. Ffor he hadde geten... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1888 - 118 pages
...follows (lines 285-308) : ' A Clerk there was of Oxenford also, That nnto logic hadde long i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I nndertake ; Bnt lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Fnl thrcdbare was his overeste conrtepy (npper cloak),... | |
 | Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner - English language - 1888 - 658 pages
...his larder were ne} ido & his somer lese lene. ST. KENELM 235. Hire biiete was wel lene. 358. Al so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat. Сн. С. Т. 289. Ful longe wem his leggus and ful lene, Al like a staff, ther was no calf ysene.... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1890 - 364 pages
...was wel better than his rent. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford 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 goten him... | |
 | Oliver Throck Morton - Civil service reform - 1892 - 236 pages
...student of those days : — " 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 thredbar was his overest courtepy. For he hadde geten him... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder - 1892 - 312 pages
...I not how men him calle. 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - English poetry - 1892 - 316 pages
...I not how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford M also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right B1 fat, I undertake ; Hut lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy.... | |
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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. 
