 | 1881 - 830 pages
...ideal — one who would not lightly run hither and thither seeking preferment, But dwelte at boom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye ; He was a schepherde and no mercenarie. He had entered the Church, then, because of his love of the work to be... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1881 - 128 pages
...for soulSs, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholdS ; But dwelte at hoom, and keptS wel his fold?. So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepperd and no mercenarie; And though he holy were, and vertuous, 515 He was to sinful man nought... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1882 - 304 pages
...Londone, unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, 510 Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde,...So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye ; / He was to sinful man nought despitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, K - '. -• ~ - JK1 ' But in... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - American literature - 1882 - 492 pages
...unto seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie' for soules, Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde;8 But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye; He was a schepherde and no mercenarie. And though he holy were and vertuous, He was to sinful man nought despitous,'... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - American literature - 1882 - 480 pages
...Seynte Poules, To seeken him a chaunterie for soules, Or with a bretherhede to ben withholde ; But dwelt at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye. He was a schepherde and no mercenarie, And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful man nought dispitious,... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English literature - 1882 - 460 pages
...seeken him a chaunterie5 for soules, Or with a bretueruede to ben withholde;5 But dwelte at hoora, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye; He was a schepherde and no merceuarie. And though he holy were and vertuous, He was to sinful man nought despitous,'... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1882 - 44 pages
...to Londoun vn to seinte Poules 510 To seken hym a chauntrie for soules Or with a bretherhed to been withholde, But dwelte at hoom and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat myscarie: He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. 515 And, though he hooly were and vertuous, He... | |
 | Blackford Condit - Religion - 1882 - 488 pages
...dwelt at home, and kepte wel his fold, So that the wolf no made it not miscarie. He was a shepherd, and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful men not dispitous (angry), Ne of his speche dangerous (sparing), ne digne (proud), But in his... | |
 | Sir Thomas Elyot - Education of princes - 1883 - 682 pages
...baner." — Chron. vol. ip 738, ed. 1812. Chaucer uses this word in The Prologue to the Cant. Tales : ' And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to senful...man nought dispitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne dignt, Butin his teching discret and benigne.' Pott. Works, vol. ii. p. 17. And also in The Pardoneres... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1883 - 626 pages
...dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it not myscarye ; He was a schepherd and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful man nought despitous, Ne of his speche daungerous2 ne digne6, But in his teching discret and... | |
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He sette nat his benefice to hyre, And leet his sheep encombred in the myre, And ran to London, un-to seynt Poules, To seken him a chaunterie for soules... 
