Selections from the Poetical Works of Geoffrey ChaucerLeavitt & Allen, 1850 - 309 pages |
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Page 24
... speke Frensche from the time that they beeth rokked in hire cradles . " Late in the reign of Edward the Third , this custom was somewhat changed , as Treviza bears wit- ness , but Chaucer's youthful Muse was found to struggle with it ...
... speke Frensche from the time that they beeth rokked in hire cradles . " Late in the reign of Edward the Third , this custom was somewhat changed , as Treviza bears wit- ness , but Chaucer's youthful Muse was found to struggle with it ...
Page 81
... speke it plat and plain , That eche of you to shorten with your way , In this viage , shal tellen tales twey , To Canterbury - ward , I mene it so , And homeward he shall tellen other two Of aventures that whilom han befalle . And which ...
... speke it plat and plain , That eche of you to shorten with your way , In this viage , shal tellen tales twey , To Canterbury - ward , I mene it so , And homeward he shall tellen other two Of aventures that whilom han befalle . And which ...
Page 103
... speke of gomme , herbe , or tree , Comparison may not ymaked be , For it surmounteth plainly all odoures , And of rich beaute of floures . And Zephirus , and Flora gentelly , Yave to these floures soft and tenderly , 1 I ran blithely ...
... speke of gomme , herbe , or tree , Comparison may not ymaked be , For it surmounteth plainly all odoures , And of rich beaute of floures . And Zephirus , and Flora gentelly , Yave to these floures soft and tenderly , 1 I ran blithely ...
Page 139
... speke of riches and of stones , And men and horse , I trow the large wones3 Of Pretir John , ne all his tresory Might not unneth have boght the tenth party Of their array , who so list heare more , I shall rehearse , so as I can , a ...
... speke of riches and of stones , And men and horse , I trow the large wones3 Of Pretir John , ne all his tresory Might not unneth have boght the tenth party Of their array , who so list heare more , I shall rehearse , so as I can , a ...
Page 144
... speke , And sain of hem worse than they deserve , I pray to God that hir neckes to breke , Or on some evil death mote the janglers ' sterve ; For every man were holden hem to serve And do hem worship , honour , and servise , In every ...
... speke , And sain of hem worse than they deserve , I pray to God that hir neckes to breke , Or on some evil death mote the janglers ' sterve ; For every man were holden hem to serve And do hem worship , honour , and servise , In every ...
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