 | Geoffrey Chaucer - English poetry - 1879 - 738 pages
...Tale?WHILOM, as olde stones tellen us, (861 T.) Ther was a due that highte Theseus ; 860 Of Atthenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; That with his wysdom and his chivalrie... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1880 - 766 pages
...Tale.1 WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, (861 T.) Ther was a duc that highte Theseus ; 860 Of Atthenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; That with his wysdom and his chivalrie... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 1164 pages
...illustrating both Ibe matter in hand ami the general scope of the Poet's obligations in that quarter : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk...Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonue. Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1883 - 496 pages
...illustrating both the matter in hand and the general scope of the Poet's obligations in that quarter : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and govemour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1884 - 434 pages
...furnished materials for this play. The Knightes Tale, from which the poet drew very little, opens thus : " Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre" hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquered al the regne of Femynye,*... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 516 pages
...printed from the Aldine Chaucer, edited by Dr. R, Morris.— ED.] THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contrc hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdara and his chivalrie He conquered al the regne of Femynye,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Heaven - 1886 - 474 pages
...the classical dictionaries. 18. The Duke of Athens is Theseus. Chaucer gives him the same title in The Knightes Tale : — Whilom, as olde stories tellen...highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a rich contree had he wonne. What with his wisdom... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Heaven - 1886 - 468 pages
...Chaucer gives him the same title in The Knightes Tale : — Whilom, aa olde stories tellen us, Tlmr was a duk that highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, That greter was ther non under the sonne, Ful many a rich contree had he wonne. What with his wisdom... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 466 pages
...Chaucer gives him the same title in The Knightes Tale : — Whilom, as olde .stories tellen us, Tber was a duk that highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and Rovernonr, That greter was ther non under the wnne. Ful many a rich contree had he wonne. What with... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1886 - 288 pages
...And he began with right a merye cheere His tale anon, and seide as ye may heere. THE KNIGHTES TALE THE KNIGHTES TALE WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duke that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swich a conquerour,... | |
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WHYLOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; What with his wisdom... 
