Poetical Works: With an Essay on His Language and Versification and an Introductory Discourse. Together with Notes and a GlossaryRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 |
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... Certes ( says he ) there ben some that speke theyr poysy mater in Frenche , of whyche speche the Frenche men have as good a fantasye , as we have in hearing of French mennes Englyshe . " And he afterwards concludes , with his usual good ...
... Certes ( says he ) there ben some that speke theyr poysy mater in Frenche , of whyche speche the Frenche men have as good a fantasye , as we have in hearing of French mennes Englyshe . " And he afterwards concludes , with his usual good ...
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... certes , lord , ther n'is non of us alle , That she n'hath ben a duchesse or a quene Now be we caitives , as it is wel sene : Thanked be fortune , and hire false whele , That non estat ensureth to be wele . And certes , lord , to abiden ...
... certes , lord , ther n'is non of us alle , That she n'hath ben a duchesse or a quene Now be we caitives , as it is wel sene : Thanked be fortune , and hire false whele , That non estat ensureth to be wele . And certes , lord , to abiden ...
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... certes , false Arcite , thou shalt not so . I loved hire firste , and tolde thee my wo As to my conseil , and my brother sworne To forther me , as I have told beforne . For which thou art ybounden as a knight To helpen me , if it lie in ...
... certes , false Arcite , thou shalt not so . I loved hire firste , and tolde thee my wo As to my conseil , and my brother sworne To forther me , as I have told beforne . For which thou art ybounden as a knight To helpen me , if it lie in ...
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... certes nay , but in paradise . Wel hath fortune yturned thee the dise , That hast the sight of hire , and I th ' absence . For possible is , sin thou hast hire presence , And art a knight , a worthy and an abie , That by som cas , sin ...
... certes nay , but in paradise . Wel hath fortune yturned thee the dise , That hast the sight of hire , and I th ' absence . For possible is , sin thou hast hire presence , And art a knight , a worthy and an abie , That by som cas , sin ...
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... certes , lemman , quod this Absolon . Than make thee redy , ( quod she ) I come anon . This Absolon doun set him on his knees , And saide ; I am a lord at all degrees : For after this I hope ther cometh more ; Lemman , thy grace , and ...
... certes , lemman , quod this Absolon . Than make thee redy , ( quod she ) I come anon . This Absolon doun set him on his knees , And saide ; I am a lord at all degrees : For after this I hope ther cometh more ; Lemman , thy grace , and ...
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