The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: To which are Appended Poems Attributed to Chaucer, Volume 1Houghton, Osgood, 1879 - English poetry |
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... grete Barnabo Viscounte " ) . Before leaving England on this occasion , he appointed John Gower to be one of his repre- sentatives in court , in case any legal business should need attention during his absence . It is presumed that this ...
... grete Barnabo Viscounte " ) . Before leaving England on this occasion , he appointed John Gower to be one of his repre- sentatives in court , in case any legal business should need attention during his absence . It is presumed that this ...
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... grete charite and preyeres Of lymytours and other holy freres , " who are the only incubuses in the land , and the " holy " men are in many passages made the butts of " japes " which a coarse social senti- ment only would permit the ...
... grete charite and preyeres Of lymytours and other holy freres , " who are the only incubuses in the land , and the " holy " men are in many passages made the butts of " japes " which a coarse social senti- ment only would permit the ...
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... grete and smale , His astrelabie , longynge for his art , His augrym stones , layen faire a part . In these things and in the conclusions of the horoscope Chaucer declares his disbelief at line 3454 , and in his work on the Astrolabe ...
... grete and smale , His astrelabie , longynge for his art , His augrym stones , layen faire a part . In these things and in the conclusions of the horoscope Chaucer declares his disbelief at line 3454 , and in his work on the Astrolabe ...
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... Grete See At many a noble armee hadde he be . At mertal batailles hadde he been fiftene , And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene In lystes hries , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also . Somtyme with the lord ...
... Grete See At many a noble armee hadde he be . At mertal batailles hadde he been fiftene , And foughten for oure feith at Tramyssene In lystes hries , and ay slayn his foo . This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also . Somtyme with the lord ...
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... grete bataille for the nones Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones ; 3 And how asseged was Ypolita , The faire , hardy queene of Scithia , And of the feste that was at hir weddynge , And of the tempest at hir hoom comynge ; But al that thyng I ...
... grete bataille for the nones Bitwixen Atthenes and Amazones ; 3 And how asseged was Ypolita , The faire , hardy queene of Scithia , And of the feste that was at hir weddynge , And of the tempest at hir hoom comynge ; But al that thyng I ...
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Page 3 - Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was, whan it was wonne; Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed, and in Ruce, No cristen man so ofte of his degree.
Page 2 - The hooly blisful martir for to seke. That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke. Bifil that in that seson on a day. In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage.
Page 18 - Averrois, Damascien, and Constantyn, Bernard, and Gatesden, and Gilbertyn. Of his diete mesurable was he, For it was of no superfluitee, But of greet norissyng and digestible.
Page 64 - The purveiaunce that God hath seyn biforn, So strong it is that, though the world had sworn The contrarie of a thyng by ye or nay, Yet somtyme it shal fallen on a day That falleth nat eft withinne a thousand yeere.
Page 437 - It tikleth me aboute myn herte roote ! Unto this day it dooth myn herte boote That I have had my world, as in my tyme. But Age, alias ! that al wole envenyme, Hath me biraft my beautee and my pith...
Page 382 - For Seint Paul seith that al that writen is, To oure doctrine it is y-write y-wis ; Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille. Now, goode God, if that it be thy wille, As seith my lord, so make us alle goode men, And brynge us to his heighe blisse ! Amen. Words of the Host to the Nun's Priest
Page 18 - And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
Page 1 - Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth...
Page 26 - Thanne wolde he speke, and crye as he were wood. And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn, Than wolde he speke no word but Latyn. A fewe termes hadde he, two or thre, That he had lerned out of som decree; 640 No wonder is, he herde it al the day; And eek ye knowen wel how that a jay Can clepen 'Watte,
Page 19 - A good man was ther of religioun, And was a povre PERSOUN OF A TOUN, But riche he was of hooly thoght and werk.