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... never mo . Now demeth as yow listė , ye that kan , For I wol telle forth as I bigan . PART II Whan that Arcite to Thebes comen was , Ful ofte a day he swelte and seyde , ' Allas ! ' For seen his lady shal he never mo . And , shortly to ...
... never mo . Now demeth as yow listė , ye that kan , For I wol telle forth as I bigan . PART II Whan that Arcite to Thebes comen was , Ful ofte a day he swelte and seyde , ' Allas ! ' For seen his lady shal he never mo . And , shortly to ...
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... never mo ye shal my contree dere , Ne make werre upon me , nyght ne day , But been my freendes in al that ye may . I yow foryeve this trespas every deel . ' And they him sworen his axyng , faire and weel , And hym of lordshipe and of ...
... never mo ye shal my contree dere , Ne make werre upon me , nyght ne day , But been my freendes in al that ye may . I yow foryeve this trespas every deel . ' And they him sworen his axyng , faire and weel , And hym of lordshipe and of ...
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... never wher I synke or fleete . And wel I woot , er she me mercy heete , I moot with strengthe wynne hire in the place ; 2399 And wel I woot withouten helpe or grace Of thee , ne may my strengthe noght availle . 2367. The nexte houre of ...
... never wher I synke or fleete . And wel I woot , er she me mercy heete , I moot with strengthe wynne hire in the place ; 2399 And wel I woot withouten helpe or grace Of thee , ne may my strengthe noght availle . 2367. The nexte houre of ...
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... never man , ' quod he , ' That he ne lyvede in erthe in som degree , Right so ther lyvede never man , ' he seyde , In all this world , that som tym he ne deyde ; This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo , And we been pilgrymes ...
... never man , ' quod he , ' That he ne lyvede in erthe in som degree , Right so ther lyvede never man , ' he seyde , In all this world , that som tym he ne deyde ; This world nys but a thurghfare ful of wo , And we been pilgrymes ...
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... never written . The wordes of the Hoost to the compaignye OURE Hostė saugh wel that the brighté sonne The ark of his artificial day hath ronne The ferthe part , and half an houre and moore , And though he were nat depe experte in loore ...
... never written . The wordes of the Hoost to the compaignye OURE Hostė saugh wel that the brighté sonne The ark of his artificial day hath ronne The ferthe part , and half an houre and moore , And though he were nat depe experte in loore ...
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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...
Page 7 - That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon; And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs ful fyne weren of ground; I dorste swere they weyeden ten pound That on a Sonday weren upon hir heed.
Page 140 - But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralite, goode men.
Page 151 - This olde man gan loke in his visage, And seyde thus, "for I ne can nat finde A man, though that I walked in-to Inde, Neither in citee nor in no village, That wolde chaunge his youthe for myn age; And therfore moot I han myn age stille, As longe time as it is goddes wille.
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Page 119 - Tragedie is to seyn, a certeyn storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of hym that stood in greet prosperitee And is yfallen out of heigh degree Into myserie, and endeth wrecchedly, And they ben versified communely Of six feet, which men clepen exametron.
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Page 15 - Till it fil ones, in a morwe of May, That Emelye, that fairer was to sene Than is the lylie upon his stalke grene, And fressher than the May with floures newe, — For with the rose colour stroof hire hewe, I noot which was the fyner of hem two, — Er it were day, as was hir wone to do, She was arisen and al redy dight...