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... things , entries of ( 1 ) in April 1357 , ' An entire suit of clothes , consist- ing of a paltock ' ( or short cloak ) , ' a pair of red and black breeches , with shoes , provided for Geoffrey Chaucer ; ' ( 2 ) on May 20 , 1357 , an ...
... things , entries of ( 1 ) in April 1357 , ' An entire suit of clothes , consist- ing of a paltock ' ( or short cloak ) , ' a pair of red and black breeches , with shoes , provided for Geoffrey Chaucer ; ' ( 2 ) on May 20 , 1357 , an ...
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... thing , yer , yeer ; as in the older stages of the language night , winter , freond ( A. S. frynd ) are used as plurals . 4. Feet , gees , men , teeth , are examples of the plural by vowel- change . Case . The genitive case singular ...
... thing , yer , yeer ; as in the older stages of the language night , winter , freond ( A. S. frynd ) are used as plurals . 4. Feet , gees , men , teeth , are examples of the plural by vowel- change . Case . The genitive case singular ...
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... thing , Ther couthe 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 barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . A FRANKELEYN ...
... thing , Ther couthe 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 barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . A FRANKELEYN ...
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... thing han suffisaunce . Wyd was his parische , and houses fer asonder , But he ne lafte 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 lafte 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 . 640 645 He was a gentil harlot and a kynde ; A bettre felawe schulde men noght fynde . He wolde 20 THE PROLOGUE .
... thing him grope , Thanne hadde he spent al his philosophie , Ay , Questio quid juris , wolde he crye . 640 645 He was a gentil harlot and a kynde ; A bettre felawe schulde men noght fynde . He wolde 20 THE PROLOGUE .
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