Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 pages |
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... things as they came , that he heartily enjoyed the good things of this life when he had them , and that he had one great pleasure which never failed him - his delight in books . Alluding to this in his ' House of Fame , ' he tells us ...
... things as they came , that he heartily enjoyed the good things of this life when he had them , and that he had one great pleasure which never failed him - his delight in books . Alluding to this in his ' House of Fame , ' he tells us ...
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... thing , Ther couthé no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barrés smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . wyn . A ...
... thing , Ther couthé no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barrés smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . wyn . A ...
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... thing han suffisaunce . Wyd was his parische , and houses fer asonder , But he ne lafté not for reyne ne thonder , In siknesse nor in meschief to visite The ferreste in his parissche , moche and lite , Uppon his feet , and in his hond a ...
... thing han suffisaunce . Wyd was his parische , and houses fer asonder , But he ne lafté not for reyne ne thonder , In siknesse nor in meschief to visite The ferreste in his parissche , moche and lite , Uppon his feet , and in his hond a ...
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... thing him grope , Thanne hadde he spent al his philosophie , Ay , Questio quid juris , wolde he crye . He was a gentil harlot and a kynde ; A bettre felawe schuldé men noght fynde . He woldé suffre for a quart of wyn A good felàwe to ...
... thing him grope , Thanne hadde he spent al his philosophie , Ay , Questio quid juris , wolde he crye . He was a gentil harlot and a kynde ; A bettre felawe schuldé men noght fynde . He woldé suffre for a quart of wyn A good felàwe to ...
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... thing , or fyndé wordés newe . He may not spare , although he were his brother ; He moot as wel seyn oo word as another . Crist spak himself ful broode in holy writ , And wel ye woote no vileinye is it . Eek Plato seith , whoso that can ...
... thing , or fyndé wordés newe . He may not spare , although he were his brother ; He moot as wel seyn oo word as another . Crist spak himself ful broode in holy writ , And wel ye woote no vileinye is it . Eek Plato seith , whoso that can ...
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