Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury tales.- v. 3. Troylus and Cryseyde, etc.-v. 4. Romaunt of the rose, etcG. Bell, 1885 |
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... allas ! He demed alle the colis i - liche goode , For of the sleight he no thing understood . And whan this alcamister saugh his tyme , ' Rys up , sire prest , ' quod he , ' and stonde by me ; 1 St. Gile was a native of Athens , and ...
... allas ! He demed alle the colis i - liche goode , For of the sleight he no thing understood . And whan this alcamister saugh his tyme , ' Rys up , sire prest , ' quod he , ' and stonde by me ; 1 St. Gile was a native of Athens , and ...
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... Allas ! can thay not fle the fuyres hete ? Ye that it usen , I rede ye it lete , Lest ye lese1 al ; for bet than never is late ; Never to thrive , were to long a date . Though he prolle ay , ye schul it never fynde ; Ye ben as bolde as ...
... Allas ! can thay not fle the fuyres hete ? Ye that it usen , I rede ye it lete , Lest ye lese1 al ; for bet than never is late ; Never to thrive , were to long a date . Though he prolle ay , ye schul it never fynde ; Ye ben as bolde as ...
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... allas that I was bore ! For never thou deservedest wherfore To deyen with a swerd or with a knyf . O deere doughter , ender of my lyf , Which I have fostred up with such plesaunce , That thou nere never oute of my remembraunce ; O ...
... allas that I was bore ! For never thou deservedest wherfore To deyen with a swerd or with a knyf . O deere doughter , ender of my lyf , Which I have fostred up with such plesaunce , That thou nere never oute of my remembraunce ; O ...
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... allas ! And God it woot , no thing was hir trespas , But that sche ran hir fader first to se , To welcome him with gret solempnite . ' And with that word aswoun sche fel anoon , And after , whan hir swownyng was agoon , Sche riseth up ...
... allas ! And God it woot , no thing was hir trespas , But that sche ran hir fader first to se , To welcome him with gret solempnite . ' And with that word aswoun sche fel anoon , And after , whan hir swownyng was agoon , Sche riseth up ...
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... Allas ! to deere boughte sche hir beaute . Wherfore I say , that alle men may se , That giftes of fortune or of nature Ben cause of deth of many a creature . Hir beaute was hir deth , I dar wel sayn ; Allas ! so pitously as sche was ...
... Allas ! to deere boughte sche hir beaute . Wherfore I say , that alle men may se , That giftes of fortune or of nature Ben cause of deth of many a creature . Hir beaute was hir deth , I dar wel sayn ; Allas ! so pitously as sche was ...
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Page 187 - I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.