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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... dor nought schewen her presence ; 1 An allusion to the proverb , ne quid nimis . 2 If it be to be told . 3 This line has all the character of Shakespeare . So faren we , if I schal say the sothe THE PROLOGE OF THE CHANOUNES YEMAN . 27.
... dor nought schewen her presence ; 1 An allusion to the proverb , ne quid nimis . 2 If it be to be told . 3 This line has all the character of Shakespeare . So faren we , if I schal say the sothe THE PROLOGE OF THE CHANOUNES YEMAN . 27.
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Geoffrey Chaucer Robert Bell. So faren we , if I schal say the sothe . ' 6 ' Now , ' quod oure Ost , yit let me talke to the ; Why artow so discoloured on thy face ? ' ' Peter ! ' quod he , ' God give it harde grace , I am so used the ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Robert Bell. So faren we , if I schal say the sothe . ' 6 ' Now , ' quod oure Ost , yit let me talke to the ; Why artow so discoloured on thy face ? ' ' Peter ! ' quod he , ' God give it harde grace , I am so used the ...
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... sothe that were not my worschipe ; for right as men seyn , that over gret pryde engendreth dispisyng , so fareth it by to gret humblete or mekenes . ' Thanne bygan dame Prudence to make semblant of 1 1 Sam . xvii . 47. Called in the ...
... sothe that were not my worschipe ; for right as men seyn , that over gret pryde engendreth dispisyng , so fareth it by to gret humblete or mekenes . ' Thanne bygan dame Prudence to make semblant of 1 1 Sam . xvii . 47. Called in the ...
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... sothe and ful comune . ZENOBIA.2 Cenobia , of Palmire the queene , As writen Perciens of hir noblesse , So worthy was in armes and so keene , That no wight passed hir in hardynesse , Ne in lynage , ne in other gentilnesse . Of the ...
... sothe and ful comune . ZENOBIA.2 Cenobia , of Palmire the queene , As writen Perciens of hir noblesse , So worthy was in armes and so keene , That no wight passed hir in hardynesse , Ne in lynage , ne in other gentilnesse . Of the ...
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... sothe ; Thus they dryvelen at hire deys The deyte to knowe , And gnawen God wit the gorge , Whanne hire guttes ben fulle . ' 2 The allusion is to Gal . iv . 26 , where by the heavenly Jerusalem is Bygynne my tale , for which I yow pray ...
... sothe ; Thus they dryvelen at hire deys The deyte to knowe , And gnawen God wit the gorge , Whanne hire guttes ben fulle . ' 2 The allusion is to Gal . iv . 26 , where by the heavenly Jerusalem is Bygynne my tale , for which I yow pray ...
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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.