Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 pages |
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... hired to beguile the way , and we are told that " many of them , for half a year after the pilgrimage , were , in the places where they lived , regarded as great jugglers , story - tellers , and liars . " There were three main pilgrim ...
... hired to beguile the way , and we are told that " many of them , for half a year after the pilgrimage , were , in the places where they lived , regarded as great jugglers , story - tellers , and liars . " There were three main pilgrim ...
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... hire smylyng was ful symple and coy ; Hire gretteste ooth ne was but by seynt Loy ; And sche was clepéd madame Eglentyne . Ful wel sche sang the servisé divyne , Entunéd in hire nose ful semély ; And Frensch sche spak ful faire and ...
... hire smylyng was ful symple and coy ; Hire gretteste ooth ne was but by seynt Loy ; And sche was clepéd madame Eglentyne . Ful wel sche sang the servisé divyne , Entunéd in hire nose ful semély ; And Frensch sche spak ful faire and ...
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... hire wympel i - pynched was ; Hire nose tretys ; hire eyen greye as glas ; Hire mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed ; But sikerly sche hadde a fair forheed . It was almost a spanné brood , I trowe ; For hardily sche was not ...
... hire wympel i - pynched was ; Hire nose tretys ; hire eyen greye as glas ; Hire mouth ful smal , and therto softe and reed ; But sikerly sche hadde a fair forheed . It was almost a spanné brood , I trowe ; For hardily sche was not ...
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... Hire keverchefs ful fyné weren of grounde ; I dursté swere they weygheden ten pounde That on a Sonday were upon hire heed . Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streyte y - teyd , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hire ...
... Hire keverchefs ful fyné weren of grounde ; I dursté swere they weygheden ten pounde That on a Sonday were upon hire heed . Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed , Ful streyte y - teyd , and schoos ful moyste and newe . Bold was hire ...
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... hire heed an hat As brood as is a bokeler or a targe ; A foot - mantel aboute hire hipés large , And on hire feet a paire of sporés scharpe . In felaweschipe wel cowde sche lawghe and carpe . Of remedyes of love sche knew parchaunce ...
... hire heed an hat As brood as is a bokeler or a targe ; A foot - mantel aboute hire hipés large , And on hire feet a paire of sporés scharpe . In felaweschipe wel cowde sche lawghe and carpe . Of remedyes of love sche knew parchaunce ...
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