 | Howard Shaw Ruddy - Book collectors - 1899 - 252 pages
...THE SCHOLAR AND HIS BOOKS A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde louge 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... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1899 - 626 pages
...sayn, 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 thredbar was his overest courtepy". For he hadde geten... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - English literature - 1899 - 822 pages
...himselve." Among other characters that must be dismissed with a word is the Oxford student, — " As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake." And the lawyer, — " Nowher so besy a man as he ther nas. And yit he seemede besier than he was."... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 454 pages
...THE UNIVERSITY STUDENT. A CLERK ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logik hadde long y-go. As Ien8 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 had geten him... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth - English language - 1901 - 356 pages
...has been greatly modified. A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holvve, and ther-to soberly, Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy ; For he had geten him... | |
 | Gordon Augustus Southworth - English language - 1901 - 350 pages
...has been greatly modified. A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to 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 ther-to soberly, Ful thredbar was his overest courtepy ; For he had geten him... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A CLEBK 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 hohve, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English essays - 1902 - 516 pages
...his Clerk of Oxenford : ' A Cleric ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logik, hadde longe ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten... | |
 | John Murdoch - Christianity and other religions - 1903 - 592 pages
...written about 500 years ago : " 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 looked bolwe, and thereto soberly." The hymns of the Rig-Veda were undoubtedly composed in the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Stephen Haskins Carpenter - 1904 - 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 overeste courtepy, 190 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. 
