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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... sche witnesse hadde of honeste 5 1 The Nun is here made to call herself a son of Eve , an oversight which indicates that this tale was originally intended for a separate piece . [ Chau- cer himself mentions the Lyf of Seint Cecile ' as ...
... sche witnesse hadde of honeste 5 1 The Nun is here made to call herself a son of Eve , an oversight which indicates that this tale was originally intended for a separate piece . [ Chau- cer himself mentions the Lyf of Seint Cecile ' as ...
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... sche hight . This mayden bright Cecilie , as hir lyf saith , Was comen of Romayns and of noble kynde , And from hir cradel fostred in the faith Of Crist , and bar his Gospel in hir mynde ; Sche never cessed , as I writen fynde , Of hire ...
... sche hight . This mayden bright Cecilie , as hir lyf saith , Was comen of Romayns and of noble kynde , And from hir cradel fostred in the faith Of Crist , and bar his Gospel in hir mynde ; Sche never cessed , as I writen fynde , Of hire ...
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... sche ; ' O Lord , my soule and eek my body gye Unwemmed , lest that I confounded be . ' And for his love that deyd upon a tre , Every secound or thridde day sche faste , Ay biddyng in hire orisouns ful faste . The nyght cam , and to ...
... sche ; ' O Lord , my soule and eek my body gye Unwemmed , lest that I confounded be . ' And for his love that deyd upon a tre , Every secound or thridde day sche faste , Ay biddyng in hire orisouns ful faste . The nyght cam , and to ...
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... sche , ' That fro this toun ne stant but myles thre , And to the pore1 folkes that ther duelle Saith hem right thus , as that I schal you bothe . ' telle . ' Tell hem , I Cecilie yow unto hem sent , To schewen yow the good Urban the ...
... sche , ' That fro this toun ne stant but myles thre , And to the pore1 folkes that ther duelle Saith hem right thus , as that I schal you bothe . ' telle . ' Tell hem , I Cecilie yow unto hem sent , To schewen yow the good Urban the ...
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... sche took right now Ful lyk a fers lyoun , sche sendeth here` As meek as ever was eny lamb to yow . ' And with that word anoon ther gan appere An old man , clad in white clothes clere , That had a book with lettres of gold in honde ...
... sche took right now Ful lyk a fers lyoun , sche sendeth here` As meek as ever was eny lamb to yow . ' And with that word anoon ther gan appere An old man , clad in white clothes clere , That had a book with lettres of gold in honde ...
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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.