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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... seint Cecilie Expoune , as men may in hir story se ; It is to say on Englisch , hevenes lilie , For pure chastenesse of virginite ; Or for sche witnesse hadde of honeste 5 1 The Nun is here made to call herself a son of Eve , an ...
... seint Cecilie Expoune , as men may in hir story se ; It is to say on Englisch , hevenes lilie , For pure chastenesse of virginite ; Or for sche witnesse hadde of honeste 5 1 The Nun is here made to call herself a son of Eve , an ...
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... seint Urban ' han byholde , Tel him the wordes which that I to yow tolde ; And whan that he hath purged3 you fro synne , Than schul ye se that aungel er ye twynne . ' Valirian is to the place y - goon , And right as him was taught by ...
... seint Urban ' han byholde , Tel him the wordes which that I to yow tolde ; And whan that he hath purged3 you fro synne , Than schul ye se that aungel er ye twynne . ' Valirian is to the place y - goon , And right as him was taught by ...
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... seint servise . 1 Harl MS . , suffred . The meaning of the text seems to be , ' she preached to them that faith in which she had fostered them . ' 2 It is now a church in Rome , and gives a title to a cardinal . THE PROLOGE OF THE ...
... seint servise . 1 Harl MS . , suffred . The meaning of the text seems to be , ' she preached to them that faith in which she had fostered them . ' 2 It is now a church in Rome , and gives a title to a cardinal . THE PROLOGE OF THE ...
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... seint Gile ! 1 Ye been right hoot , I se wel how ye swete ; Have heer a cloth and wype away the wete . ' And whiles that this prest him wyped haas , This chanoun took his cole , I schrewe his faas ! And layd it aboven on the myd - ward ...
... seint Gile ! 1 Ye been right hoot , I se wel how ye swete ; Have heer a cloth and wype away the wete . ' And whiles that this prest him wyped haas , This chanoun took his cole , I schrewe his faas ! And layd it aboven on the myd - ward ...
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... seint Runyan . Sayde I not wel ? * can I not speke in terme ? But wel I woot , thou dost myn herte erme , I have almost y - caught a cardiacle ; By corpus boones , but I have triacle , Other elles a draught of moyst and corny ale ...
... seint Runyan . Sayde I not wel ? * can I not speke in terme ? But wel I woot , thou dost myn herte erme , I have almost y - caught a cardiacle ; By corpus boones , but I have triacle , Other elles a draught of moyst and corny ale ...
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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.