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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... thay of him it leere . As homely as he ryt amonges yow , If ye him knewe , it wolde be your prow ; Ye nolde nought for - gon his acqueyntaunce For moche good , I dar lay in balaunce Al that I have in my possessioun . He is a man of ...
... thay of him it leere . As homely as he ryt amonges yow , If ye him knewe , it wolde be your prow ; Ye nolde nought for - gon his acqueyntaunce For moche good , I dar lay in balaunce Al that I have in my possessioun . He is a man of ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Robert Bell. I - liche wel , whan thay han al y - do ; This is to sayn , thay fayle bothe tuo . Yet forgat I to make rehersayle Of watres corosif , and of lymayle , And of bodyes mollificacioun , And also of here ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Robert Bell. I - liche wel , whan thay han al y - do ; This is to sayn , thay fayle bothe tuo . Yet forgat I to make rehersayle Of watres corosif , and of lymayle , And of bodyes mollificacioun , And also of here ...
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... thay but a scheete Which thay mighte wrappe hem in a - night , And a bak1 to walke inne by day - light , They wolde hem selle , and spenden on this craft ; Thay can nought stinte , til no thing be laft . And evermore , wher that ever ...
... thay but a scheete Which thay mighte wrappe hem in a - night , And a bak1 to walke inne by day - light , They wolde hem selle , and spenden on this craft ; Thay can nought stinte , til no thing be laft . And evermore , wher that ever ...
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... thay were wrought of lym and stoon ; Thay percen so , that thurgh the wal thay goon ; And some of hem synken into the grounde , ( Thus have we lost by tymes many a pounde ) , And some are skatered al the floor aboute ; Some lepe into ...
... thay were wrought of lym and stoon ; Thay percen so , that thurgh the wal thay goon ; And some of hem synken into the grounde , ( Thus have we lost by tymes many a pounde ) , And some are skatered al the floor aboute ; Some lepe into ...
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... Thay went , and putte these teynes in assay To fuyr and hammer ; might no man say nay , But that thay were as hem oughte be . This sotted prest , who was gladder than he ? That is , ' You are to blame in being so remiss in helping ine ...
... Thay went , and putte these teynes in assay To fuyr and hammer ; might no man say nay , But that thay were as hem oughte be . This sotted prest , who was gladder than he ? That is , ' You are to blame in being so remiss in helping ine ...
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