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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... 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 werk I wil me dresse . Yet pray I you that reden that I write , Forgeve me , that I doo no ...
... 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 werk I wil me dresse . Yet pray I you that reden that I write , Forgeve me , that I doo no ...
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... wight thenken maye . ' Tho vanysched the old man , he nyste where , And pope Urban him cristened right there . " Valirian goth home , and fint Cecilie Withinne his chambre with an aungel stonde . This aungel had of roses and of lilie 1 ...
... wight thenken maye . ' Tho vanysched the old man , he nyste where , And pope Urban him cristened right there . " Valirian goth home , and fint Cecilie Withinne his chambre with an aungel stonde . This aungel had of roses and of lilie 1 ...
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... wight schal seen hem with his ye , But he be chast , and hate vilonye . ' And thou Valirian , for thou so soone Assentedist to good counseil , also Say what the list , and thou schalt have thi boone . ' ' I have a brother , ' quod ...
... wight schal seen hem with his ye , But he be chast , and hate vilonye . ' And thou Valirian , for thou so soone Assentedist to good counseil , also Say what the list , and thou schalt have thi boone . ' ' I have a brother , ' quod ...
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... wight . For which Almachius dede him so bete With whippes of leed , * til he his lif gan lete . Cecilie him took , and buried him anoon By Tiburce and Valirian softely , Withinne hire berieng place , under the stoon . 1 Rom . xiii . 2 2 ...
... wight . For which Almachius dede him so bete With whippes of leed , * til he his lif gan lete . Cecilie him took , and buried him anoon By Tiburce and Valirian softely , Withinne hire berieng place , under the stoon . 1 Rom . xiii . 2 2 ...
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... thy perseveraunce . Wostow nought how oure mighty princes fre Han thus comaunded and maad ordinaunce , That every cristen wight schal han penaunce , But if that he his Cristendom withseye , And goon 20 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... thy perseveraunce . Wostow nought how oure mighty princes fre Han thus comaunded and maad ordinaunce , That every cristen wight schal han penaunce , But if that he his Cristendom withseye , And goon 20 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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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.