The Student's Chaucer: Being a Complete Edition of His WorksMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 881 pages |
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... lord may have no maner vice That greveth more than avarice . For nigard never with strengthe of hond May winne him greet lordship or lond . For freendes al to fewe hath he To doon his wil perfourmed be . And who - so wol have freendes ...
... lord may have no maner vice That greveth more than avarice . For nigard never with strengthe of hond May winne him greet lordship or lond . For freendes al to fewe hath he To doon his wil perfourmed be . And who - so wol have freendes ...
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... lord That hath the herte in his tresor ; Outrage it were to asken more . ' Than of his aumener he drough litel keye , fetys y - nough , Which was of gold polisshed clere , 2080 2085 And seide to me , ' With this keye here Thyn herte to ...
... lord That hath the herte in his tresor ; Outrage it were to asken more . ' Than of his aumener he drough litel keye , fetys y - nough , Which was of gold polisshed clere , 2080 2085 And seide to me , ' With this keye here Thyn herte to ...
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... lord ! why nil ye me socoure , The joye , I trowe , that I langoure ? The deth I wolde me shulde slo Whyl I lye in hir armes two . 2500 2600 2605 2610 Myn harm is hard , withouten wene , 2595 My greet unese ful ofte I mene . But wolde ...
... lord ! why nil ye me socoure , The joye , I trowe , that I langoure ? The deth I wolde me shulde slo Whyl I lye in hir armes two . 2500 2600 2605 2610 Myn harm is hard , withouten wene , 2595 My greet unese ful ofte I mene . But wolde ...
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... lord , That maketh thee thral for thy reward , Which ay renewith thy turment , 4641 With foly so he hath thee blent . Thou felle in mischeef thilke day , Whan thou didest , the sothe to say , Obeysaunce and eek homage ; 4645 Thou ...
... lord , That maketh thee thral for thy reward , Which ay renewith thy turment , 4641 With foly so he hath thee blent . Thou felle in mischeef thilke day , Whan thou didest , the sothe to say , Obeysaunce and eek homage ; 4645 Thou ...
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... lord as he , Raisoun . ' Knowist him no more ? " And maister of sich seignory . ' L'Amaunt ' Nay , certis , I , Save ... lord have knowleching . + An hunger ful of habundaunce , 4725 And a gredy suffisaunce ; For if thou knewe him , out ...
... lord as he , Raisoun . ' Knowist him no more ? " And maister of sich seignory . ' L'Amaunt ' Nay , certis , I , Save ... lord have knowleching . + An hunger ful of habundaunce , 4725 And a gredy suffisaunce ; For if thou knewe him , out ...
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Page 409 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche they weren, and of what degree ; 40 And eek in what array that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I first biginne.
Page 551 - leve moder, leet me in! Lo, how I vanish, flesh, and blood, and skin! Allas! whan shul my bones been at reste? Moder, with yow wolde I chaunge my cheste, That in my chambre longe tyme hath be, Ye ! for an heyre clout to wrappe me ! " But yet to me she wol nat do that grace, For which ful pale and welked is my face.
Page 418 - The blisful martir quyte yow your mede. • 770 And wel I woot, as ye goon by the weye, Ye shapen yow to talen and to pleye; For trewely, confort ne mirthe is noon To ryde by the weye doumb as a stoon; And therfore wol I maken yow disport, As I seyde erst, and doon yow som confort.
Page 410 - But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte.
Page 413 - For his science, and for his heigh renoun Of fees and robes hadde he many oon. So greet a purchasour was nowher noon. Al was fee simple to him in effect, His purchasing mighte nat been infect. 320 Nowher so bisy a man as he ther nas, And yet he semed bisier than he was.
Page 411 - A love-knotte in the gretter ende ther was. His heed was balled, that shoon as any glas, And eek his face, as he had been anoint. He was a lord ful fat and in good point...
Page 341 - Of making ropen, and lad awey the corn ; And I come after, glening here and there, And am ful glad if I may finde an ere Of any goodly word that ye han left.
Page 551 - An old man and a povre with hem mette. This olde man ful mekely hem grette, And seyde thus, "now, lordes, god yow see!" The proudest of thise ryotoures three Answerde agayn, "what? carl, with sory grace, Why artow al forwrapped save thy face? Why livestow so longe in so greet age?
Page 539 - O Venus, that art goddesse of plesaunce, Sin that thy servant was this Chauntecleer, And in thy service dide al his poweer, More for delyt, than world to multiplye...
Page 303 - I see there is no bettre way, And that to late is now for me to rewe, To Diomede algate I wol be trewe.