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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... soule in prisoun light , That troubled is by the contagioun Of my body , and also by the wight Of everich lust and fals affeccioun ; O heven of refuyt , o salvacioun 3 Of hem that ben in sorwe and in destresse , Now help , for to my ...
... soule in prisoun light , That troubled is by the contagioun Of my body , and also by the wight Of everich lust and fals affeccioun ; O heven of refuyt , o salvacioun 3 Of hem that ben in sorwe and in destresse , Now help , for to my ...
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... 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 bedde most sche goon ...
... 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 bedde most sche goon ...
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... soule save , In al this world ther nys no creature , That ete or dronk had of this confecture , Nought but the mountaunce of a corn of whete , That he ne schuld his lif anoon for - lete ; Ye , sterve he schal , and that in lasse while ...
... soule save , In al this world ther nys no creature , That ete or dronk had of this confecture , Nought but the mountaunce of a corn of whete , That he ne schuld his lif anoon for - lete ; Ye , sterve he schal , and that in lasse while ...
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... soule schal fro the body passe I rede that oure hoste schal bygynne , For he is most envoliped in synne . Com forth , sire ost , and offer first anoon , And thou schalt kisse the reliquis everichoon , Ye , for a grote ; unbocle anon thi ...
... soule schal fro the body passe I rede that oure hoste schal bygynne , For he is most envoliped in synne . Com forth , sire ost , and offer first anoon , And thou schalt kisse the reliquis everichoon , Ye , for a grote ; unbocle anon thi ...
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... soule ! that schal he nat , ' In the early and middle ages kissing was the common form of salu- tation , and the osculum pacis was a sign of reconciliation and charity . Examples will occur to every reader of Scripture and the classics ...
... soule ! that schal he nat , ' In the early and middle ages kissing was the common form of salu- tation , and the osculum pacis was a sign of reconciliation and charity . Examples will occur to every reader of Scripture and the classics ...
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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.