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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... PERSONES TALE 249 THE PERSONES TALE · ON THE ORDER OF THE CANTERBURY TALES . THE ASSEMBLY OF FOULES . 253 351 351 CHAUCERES A. B. C. , CALLED LA PRIERE DE NOSTRE DAME 384 • THE BOKE OF THE DUCHESSE ; OR THE DETHE OF BLANCHE 394 OF QUENE ...
... PERSONES TALE 249 THE PERSONES TALE · ON THE ORDER OF THE CANTERBURY TALES . THE ASSEMBLY OF FOULES . 253 351 351 CHAUCERES A. B. C. , CALLED LA PRIERE DE NOSTRE DAME 384 • THE BOKE OF THE DUCHESSE ; OR THE DETHE OF BLANCHE 394 OF QUENE ...
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... persones may ther right wel be . ' Tho gan sche him ful besily to preche Of Cristes come , and of his peynes teche , And many pointes of his passioun ; How Goddes sone in this world was withholde To doon mankynde pleyn remissioun , 1 ...
... persones may ther right wel be . ' Tho gan sche him ful besily to preche Of Cristes come , and of his peynes teche , And many pointes of his passioun ; How Goddes sone in this world was withholde To doon mankynde pleyn remissioun , 1 ...
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... Persones Tale they did ) in travelling from thence to Canterbury . ' [ The latter difficulty is not very great , as it may be supposed that having a short day's work before them they went slowly , or halted upon the way . It is more ...
... Persones Tale they did ) in travelling from thence to Canterbury . ' [ The latter difficulty is not very great , as it may be supposed that having a short day's work before them they went slowly , or halted upon the way . It is more ...
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... Persones Tale , however , in the descrip- tion of envy , these very words are attributed to St. Austin . And , after the word of St. Austyn , is it ' ( scil . , invidia ) ' sorwe of other mennes wele , and joye of other mennes harm ...
... Persones Tale , however , in the descrip- tion of envy , these very words are attributed to St. Austin . And , after the word of St. Austyn , is it ' ( scil . , invidia ) ' sorwe of other mennes wele , and joye of other mennes harm ...
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... Persones Tale : ' But let us now go to thilke horrible sweryng of adjuracioun and conjura- ciouns , as doon these false enchauntours or nigromanciens , in bacines ful of water , or in a bright swerd , in a cercle , or in a fuyr , or in ...
... Persones Tale : ' But let us now go to thilke horrible sweryng of adjuracioun and conjura- ciouns , as doon these false enchauntours or nigromanciens , in bacines ful of water , or in a bright swerd , in a cercle , or in a fuyr , or in ...
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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.