The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene; with Other Poems of Chaucer and SpenserWilliam P. Nimmo, 1870 - 624 pages |
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... ev'ry dish and eke mattére . What speak'st thou of perambulatioún ? 2 What ? amble or trot ; or peace , or go sit down : Thou lettest our disport in this mattére . " " Yea , wilt thou so , Sir Sompnour ? " quoth the Frere ; " Now by my ...
... ev'ry dish and eke mattére . What speak'st thou of perambulatioún ? 2 What ? amble or trot ; or peace , or go sit down : Thou lettest our disport in this mattére . " " Yea , wilt thou so , Sir Sompnour ? " quoth the Frere ; " Now by my ...
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... ev'ry chamber arrayed , and his hall . Abouten undern3 gan the earl alight , That with him brought these noble children . tway ; For which the people ran to see the sight Of their array , so richěly besey ; And then at erst amonges them ...
... ev'ry chamber arrayed , and his hall . Abouten undern3 gan the earl alight , That with him brought these noble children . tway ; For which the people ran to see the sight Of their array , so richěly besey ; And then at erst amonges them ...
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... ev'ry surëment 22 and ev'ry bond , That ye have made to me as herebeforn , Since thilkë time that ye were born . Have here my truth , I shall you ne'er repreve 23 Of no behest ; 24 and here I take my leave , As of the truest and the ...
... ev'ry surëment 22 and ev'ry bond , That ye have made to me as herebeforn , Since thilkë time that ye were born . Have here my truth , I shall you ne'er repreve 23 Of no behest ; 24 and here I take my leave , As of the truest and the ...
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... ev'ry Evangelist , That telleth us the pain 14 of Jesus Christ , He saith not all thing as his fellow doth ; But natheless their sentence is all soth , 15 And all accorden as in their sentence , 16 All be there in their telling ...
... ev'ry Evangelist , That telleth us the pain 14 of Jesus Christ , He saith not all thing as his fellow doth ; But natheless their sentence is all soth , 15 And all accorden as in their sentence , 16 All be there in their telling ...
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... ev'rywhere All that I know , and let it sink and fleet ; 5 It may not sound in ev'ry wightë's ear : Exiling slander ay for dread and fear , And to my lady , which I love and serve , Be true and kind , her grace for to deserve . The ...
... ev'rywhere All that I know , and let it sink and fleet ; 5 It may not sound in ev'ry wightë's ear : Exiling slander ay for dread and fear , And to my lady , which I love and serve , Be true and kind , her grace for to deserve . The ...
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adown Anglo-Saxon anon Archimago Artegall beast bliss blood Britomart brought Canterbury Tales CANTO certes Chaucer counsel Court of Love Cressida cruel Dame daughter dear death doth dread Elfin Knight ev'ry evermore eyen eyes Faerie Queen Faery fair false farforth fast fear Florimell flow'r foul gentle Godde's gold goodly grace Grantorto Guyon hand hast hath heard heart heav'nly heaven hight honour House of Fame king knight Knight's Tale lady living lord lovers mannére mighty naught never nigh noble pain Pandarus pity poet pray Prince Queen quoth saidë saith sayn seem'd shalt shame shield shouldë sight slain soon sore sorrow spake Spenser sweet tale Talus tell thee Therewith Theseus thine thing thou thought Troilus Troilus and Cressida unto Venus ween wife wight wise withoutë wont word wouldë
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Page 406 - To th' instruments divine respondence meet: The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmure of the waters fall; The waters fall with difference discreet, Now soft, now loud, unto the wind did call: The gentle warbling wind low answered to all.
Page 388 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love, and nothing for reward. O ! why should heavenly God to men have such regard ? The Faerie Queen, Book II.
Page 311 - Dwarfe did lag, That lasie seemd, in being ever last, Or wearied with bearing of her bag Of needments at his backe.
Page 320 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward ; And, when she wak'd he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepar'd : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 305 - The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in vertuous and gentle discipline...
Page 311 - Upon a great adventure he was bound, That greatest Gloriana to him gave, (That greatest glorious queen of fairy lond,) To win him worship, and her grace to have, Which of all earthly things he most did crave...
Page 44 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, withouten any compaignye.
Page 403 - Guyons senses softly tickeled, That he the boteman bad row easily, And let him heare some part of their rare melody.
Page 425 - To see so faire things mard, and spoyled quight : And their great mother Venus did lament The losse of her deare brood, her deare delight : Her hart was pierst with...
Page 295 - At length they all to merry London came, To merry London, my most kindly nurse, That to me gave this life's first native source, Though from another place I take my name, An house of ancient fame. There when they came, whereas those bricky towers The which on Thames...