The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... whan he rood men myghte his brydel here Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as clere , And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle , Ther as this lord was kepere of the celle ; " 1 and the very whistling of the wind is in the second line with ...
... whan he rood men myghte his brydel here Gynglen in a whistlynge wynd as clere , And eek as loude as dooth the chapel belle , Ther as this lord was kepere of the celle ; " 1 and the very whistling of the wind is in the second line with ...
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... whan that he hadde songe , His eyen twynkled in his heed aryght As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght . ” 1 We have seen the snap of his eye and know why every body liked him , and a poor widow would give the fel low her last farthing ...
... whan that he hadde songe , His eyen twynkled in his heed aryght As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght . ” 1 We have seen the snap of his eye and know why every body liked him , and a poor widow would give the fel low her last farthing ...
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... Whán that Apríllë with his shóurës sótë 151 The dróghte of Márche hath pércëd to the rótë , And báthëd every véyne in swích licóur , Of whích vertú engéndred ís the flour ; Whan Zéphirús eek with his swéte bréeth Inspírëd háth in every ...
... Whán that Apríllë with his shóurës sótë 151 The dróghte of Márche hath pércëd to the rótë , And báthëd every véyne in swích licóur , Of whích vertú engéndred ís the flour ; Whan Zéphirús eek with his swéte bréeth Inspírëd háth in every ...
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... WHAN that Aprille with his shoures sote " The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rots And bathed every veyne in swich licour , Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; 6 Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every ...
... WHAN that Aprille with his shoures sote " The droghte of Marche hath perced to the rots And bathed every veyne in swich licour , Of which vertu engendred is the flour ; 6 Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every ...
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... whan that they were seeke Bifel that , in that sesoun on a day , 20 In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage , At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in ...
... whan that they were seeke Bifel that , in that sesoun on a day , 20 In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage , At nyght was come into that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in ...
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The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Frank Jewett Mather,Geoffrey Chaucer No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 11 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?
Page 1 - And sikerly she was of greet disport, And ful plesaunt, and amiable of port, And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of court, and been estatlich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence.
Page 7 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 11 - Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace, That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?
Page 7 - For sothe he was a worthy man with-alle, But sooth to seyn, I noot how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to logik hadde longe y-go.