The poetical works of Geoffrey Chaucer. To which are appended poems attr. to Chaucer. Ed. by A. Gilman, Volume 11880 |
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... hand page is the title of the current tale , or poem , while the sub- ject of the folio is indicated at the top of the right - hand page , often by a quotation of the poet's words . The lines of the Canterbury Tales are , for convenient ...
... hand page is the title of the current tale , or poem , while the sub- ject of the folio is indicated at the top of the right - hand page , often by a quotation of the poet's words . The lines of the Canterbury Tales are , for convenient ...
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... hand two volumes at once , of weighing the conflicting definitions often placed opposite the same word , or of identifying a particular part of speech . Unqualified thanks are due from the Editor , and from all who are interested in our ...
... hand two volumes at once , of weighing the conflicting definitions often placed opposite the same word , or of identifying a particular part of speech . Unqualified thanks are due from the Editor , and from all who are interested in our ...
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... hand , the laboring class , comprising the majority of the population , was demanding the enactment of laws like the " Statute of Laborers , " of 1350 , and those aimed at the improvement of the administra- tion of justice and the ...
... hand , the laboring class , comprising the majority of the population , was demanding the enactment of laws like the " Statute of Laborers , " of 1350 , and those aimed at the improvement of the administra- tion of justice and the ...
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... hand a very fair orange , whereof the meat or substance within was taken out , and filled up again with the part of a sponge , wherein was vinegar and other con- fections against the pestilent airs ; the which he most commonly smelt ...
... hand a very fair orange , whereof the meat or substance within was taken out , and filled up again with the part of a sponge , wherein was vinegar and other con- fections against the pestilent airs ; the which he most commonly smelt ...
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... hands of the king's butler . In May the Corporation of London gave him a lease for life of the dwelling above the gate at Aldgate , with the rooms built over and the cellar beneath ; and in June he was appointed Comptroller of the ...
... hands of the king's butler . In May the Corporation of London gave him a lease for life of the dwelling above the gate at Aldgate , with the rooms built over and the cellar beneath ; and in June he was appointed Comptroller of the ...
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Page 12 - And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
Page cxxiii - 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 cxxi - WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour...
Page 10 - If that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond, By water he sente hem hoom to every lond.
Page 12 - 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 7 - Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Page cxxv - Under his belt he bar ful thriftily, 105 (Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly: His arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe) And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe.
Page cxxiv - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye Agayn another hethen in Turkye, And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde; He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight; He was a verray parfit gentil knyght.
Page 25 - That ech of yow, to shorte with oure weye, In this viage shal telle tales tweye To Caunterbury-ward, I mene it so, And homward he shal tellen othere two, Of aventures that whilom han bifalle.
Page 3 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt; For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe, althogh hym soore smerte.