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... unto no wight doth he dalliance . ' " While the outward circumstances of Chaucer's life are so imperfectly known , we have abundant means to judge of his character and attainments . He is revealed to us in his writ- ings . He was ...
... unto no wight doth he dalliance . ' " While the outward circumstances of Chaucer's life are so imperfectly known , we have abundant means to judge of his character and attainments . He is revealed to us in his writ- ings . He was ...
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... , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . 70 He nevere yit no vileinye ne sayde In al his lyf , unto no maner wight . He was a verray perfight gentil knight . 50 45 4c 35 35 But for to tellen you of his array , His THE PROLOGUE . 33.
... , And of his port as meke as is a mayde . 70 He nevere yit no vileinye ne sayde In al his lyf , unto no maner wight . He was a verray perfight gentil knight . 50 45 4c 35 35 But for to tellen you of his array , His THE PROLOGUE . 33.
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... Unto his ordre he was a noble post . 210 Ful wel biloved and famulier was he 215 With frankeleyns over - al in his cuntre , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a ...
... Unto his ordre he was a noble post . 210 Ful wel biloved and famulier was he 215 With frankeleyns over - al in his cuntre , And eek with worthi wommen of the toun : For he hadde power of confessioun , As seyde himself , more than a ...
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... unto swich a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with sike lazars aqueyntaunce . It is not honest , it may not avaunce , For to delen with no swich a poraille , But al with riche and sellers of vitaille . And ...
... unto swich a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with sike lazars aqueyntaunce . It is not honest , it may not avaunce , For to delen with no swich a poraille , But al with riche and sellers of vitaille . And ...
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... unto logik hadde longe i - go . As lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat , I undertake ; But lokede holwe , and therto soberly . Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy , For he hadde geten him yit no benefice , 290 ...
... unto logik hadde longe i - go . As lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat , I undertake ; But lokede holwe , and therto soberly . Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy , For he hadde geten him yit no benefice , 290 ...
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