The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... soule . ' Although few particulars relating to Chaucer are to be gathered from his works , he has given us to understand that he was corpulent , and had a habit of looking on the ground : the reader's natural cu- riosity about the ...
... soule . ' Although few particulars relating to Chaucer are to be gathered from his works , he has given us to understand that he was corpulent , and had a habit of looking on the ground : the reader's natural cu- riosity about the ...
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... soule were in his purse ; For in his purse he shulde ypunished be . Purse is the archedekens helle , said he . But wel I wote , he lied right in dede : Of cursing ought eche gilty man him drede . For curse wol sle right as assoiling ...
... soule were in his purse ; For in his purse he shulde ypunished be . Purse is the archedekens helle , said he . But wel I wote , he lied right in dede : Of cursing ought eche gilty man him drede . For curse wol sle right as assoiling ...
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... soule that is ded , But ye be mery , smiteth of my hed . Hold up your hondes withouten more speche . Our conseil was not longe for to seche : Us thought it was not worth to make it wise , And granted him withouten more avise , And bad ...
... soule that is ded , But ye be mery , smiteth of my hed . Hold up your hondes withouten more speche . Our conseil was not longe for to seche : Us thought it was not worth to make it wise , And granted him withouten more avise , And bad ...
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... soule rewe , As I shal even juge ben , and trewe . Ye shal non other ende with me maken That on of you ne shal be ded or taken . And if you thinketh this is wel ysaid , Saith your avis , and holdeth you apaid . This is your ende , and ...
... soule rewe , As I shal even juge ben , and trewe . Ye shal non other ende with me maken That on of you ne shal be ded or taken . And if you thinketh this is wel ysaid , Saith your avis , and holdeth you apaid . This is your ende , and ...
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... soule gie , To speken of a servant proprely , With alle circumstances trewely , sey . That is to sayn , trouth , honour , and knighthede , Wisdom , humblesse , estat , and high kinrede , Fredom , and all that longeth to that art , So ...
... soule gie , To speken of a servant proprely , With alle circumstances trewely , sey . That is to sayn , trouth , honour , and knighthede , Wisdom , humblesse , estat , and high kinrede , Fredom , and all that longeth to that art , So ...
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Absolon adoun agen anon Arcite beforne brest Canace Chaucer chere chese clerk compagnie contree coude Crist Custance dere deth doth doughter doun drede eche Emelie entent everich eyen fayre felaw feste frendes frere gentil Goddes goth grene gret grete hath herd herte highte hire hond honour hous husbond kepe king knight lady lest leve litel loked lond lord maken manere mariage markis natheles nought owen Palamon peine peple pitous plesance pray prively quene quod rede sain sayde sayn Seint shal shalt shuld sire sith slepe Sompnour somtime sone sorwe soth spake speke sterte swete swiche swived tale tellen Thebes thee ther n'is therfore Theseus thilke thing thise thou thurgh toke toun trewe unto veray vilanie wedded wepe whan wher wight wise withouten wold wolt wote ye ben yere yeve yonge
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Página 2 - And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende The holy blisful martir for to seke That hem hath holpen whan that they were seke.
Página 23 - Thogh that I pleynly speke in this mateere, To telle yow hir wordes and hir cheere, Ne thogh I speke hir wordes proprely. For this ye knowen al so wel as I...
Página 5 - Eglentine. Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly, After the scole of Stratford atte bowe, For Frenche of Paris was to hire unknowe.
Página 37 - We faren as he that dronke is as a mous; A dronke man wot wel he hath an hous, But he noot which the righte wey is thider; And to a dronke man the wey is slider. And certes, in this world so faren we; We seken faste after felicitee, But we goon wrong ful often, trewely.
Página 82 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, with-outen any companye.
Página 312 - And by his side a naked swerd hanging: And up he rideth to the highe bord. In all -the halle ne was ther spoke a word,. For mervaille of this knight; him to behold Ful besily they waiten yong and old.
Página 6 - Of court, and ben estatelich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence. But for to speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous, She wolde wepe if that she saw a mous B 2 Caughte in a trappe, if it were ded or bledde. Of smale houndes hadde she, that she fedde With rosted flesh, and milk, and wastel brede. But sore wept she if on of hem were dede, Or if men smote it with a yerde smert: And all was conscience and tendre herte.
Página 4 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Página 59 - First on the wall was peinted a forest, In which ther wonneth neyther man ne best, With knotty knarry barrein trees old Of stubbes sharpe and hidous to behold ; In which ther ran a romble and a swough, As though a storme shuld bresten every bough : And dounward from an hill under a bent, Ther stood the temple of Mars armii>otent, Wrought all of burned stele, of which th' entree Was longe and streite, and gastly for to see.
Página 24 - ... word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large ; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare, although he were his brother. He moste as wel sayn o word, as an other. Crist spake himself ful brode in holy writ, ?« And wel ye wote no vilanie is it. Eke Plato sayeth, who so can him rede, The wordes moste ben cosin to the dede.