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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... grete light Of sapience , and of thilke thewes cleere . Or elles lo , this maydenes name bright Of heven and leos comes , for which by right Men might hir wel the heven of peple calle , Ensample of goode and wise werkes alle . For leos ...
... grete light Of sapience , and of thilke thewes cleere . Or elles lo , this maydenes name bright Of heven and leos comes , for which by right Men might hir wel the heven of peple calle , Ensample of goode and wise werkes alle . For leos ...
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... grete and hevy purses , And make folk for to purchace curses Of hem , that han her good therto i - lent . O , fy ! for schame , thay that have be brent , Allas ! can thay not fle the fuyres hete ? Ye that it usen , I rede ye it lete ...
... grete and hevy purses , And make folk for to purchace curses Of hem , that han her good therto i - lent . O , fy ! for schame , thay that have be brent , Allas ! can thay not fle the fuyres hete ? Ye that it usen , I rede ye it lete ...
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... grete , I - lyk to the stremes of his borned hete . " And if that excellent was hir beaute , A thousand fold more vertuous was sche . In hire ne lakketh no condicioun , That is to preyse , as by discrecioun . As wel in body as goost ...
... grete , I - lyk to the stremes of his borned hete . " And if that excellent was hir beaute , A thousand fold more vertuous was sche . In hire ne lakketh no condicioun , That is to preyse , as by discrecioun . As wel in body as goost ...
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... grete conquerour , Deyd in his sleep , with schame and dishonour , Bleedyng ay at his nose in dronkenesse ; A captayn schuld ay lyve in sobrenesse . 1 According to the geographers , Lepe was not far from Cadiz . This wine , of whatever ...
... grete conquerour , Deyd in his sleep , with schame and dishonour , Bleedyng ay at his nose in dronkenesse ; A captayn schuld ay lyve in sobrenesse . 1 According to the geographers , Lepe was not far from Cadiz . This wine , of whatever ...
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... grete A word or tuo , as other bookes entrete . Gret swering is a thing abhominable , And fals swering is more reprovable . The hyhe God forbad sweryng at al , Witnes on Mathew , but in special Of sweryng saith the holy Jeremye , 2 3 ...
... grete A word or tuo , as other bookes entrete . Gret swering is a thing abhominable , And fals swering is more reprovable . The hyhe God forbad sweryng at al , Witnes on Mathew , but in special Of sweryng saith the holy Jeremye , 2 3 ...
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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.