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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Page 11
by Percy Society - 1847
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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: To which are Appended ..., Volume 1

Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1879 - 734 pages
...confessioun, As seyde hym-selfe, moore than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. 220 Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esy man to geve penaunce Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce ; For unto a povre ordre for to give Is signe that...
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The English Poets: Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 634 pages
...and famulier was he With frankeleyns over-al in his cuntre, And eek with worthy wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat *. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man...
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The prologue to the Canterbury tales, with notes [ &c.] by J.M.D. Meiklejohn

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 108 pages
...famulier was he 215 With frankeleyns over-al in his cuntre, And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat. 220 Ful sweetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy...
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Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...and famulier was he With frankeleyns over-al in his cuntre, And eek with worthy wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat 6. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man...
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The English poets, selections, ed. by T.H. Ward. Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...and famulier was he With frankeleyns over-al in his cuntre, And eek with worthy wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat 3. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1880 - 842 pages
...more than a curat, For his ordre he was licentiat. Ful sweetely herde he confessioun, And pleasauut was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to geve penance Ther as he wiste han a gootl pitauce ; For unto a poure ordre for to give Is signe that a man is wel i-schrive. (8)...
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Literary Studies from the Great British Authors

Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 476 pages
...confessioun, As seyde hym-selfe, moore than a curat, 220 p or o fj^g ordre he was licenciat. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun. He was an esy man to geve penaunce Ther as he wiste to have a good pitaunce; 225 For unto a povre ordre for to give Is signe...
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The English Poets: Selections

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 626 pages
...confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat 5. Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste han 5 a good pitaunce ; For unto a poure ordre for to yive Is signe...
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The prologue to the Canterbury tales, with notes by E.F. Willoughby

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1881 - 128 pages
...in his cuntr6, And eek with worthi wommen of the touu : For he hadde power of confessioun, As seydS himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licenciat. 220 Ful sweetSly herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun ; He was an esy man to greve...
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The Book of the Tales of Caunterbury: Prolog

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1882 - 44 pages
...power of confessioun, As seyde hym self, moore, than a curat; 220 For of his ordre he was licentiat. Ful sweetly herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun: He was an esy man to yeue penaunce, Ther as he wiste to haue a good pitaunce; 225 For vnto a poure ordre for to yiue Is...
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