The Canterbury Tales and Faerie Queene; with Other Poems of Chaucer and SpenserWilliam P. Nimmo, 1870 - 624 pages |
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... unto London , unto Saint Poul's , To seeke him a chantery 22 for souls , Husbands at the church door had she had five , Or with a brotherhood to be withold : 23 Withouten other company in youth ; But thereof needeth not to speak as ...
... unto London , unto Saint Poul's , To seeke him a chantery 22 for souls , Husbands at the church door had she had five , Or with a brotherhood to be withold : 23 Withouten other company in youth ; But thereof needeth not to speak as ...
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... unto one of tho That have for thee so muchė care and woe : But unto which of them I may not tell . Farewell , for here I may no longer dwell . The fires which that on mine altar brenn , 5 Shall thee declaren , ere that thou go henne ...
... unto one of tho That have for thee so muchė care and woe : But unto which of them I may not tell . Farewell , for here I may no longer dwell . The fires which that on mine altar brenn , 5 Shall thee declaren , ere that thou go henne ...
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... unto the stake , That shall be ordained on either side ; Thither he shall by force , and there abide . And if so fall the chiefėtain be take On either side , or elles slay his make , No longer then the tourneying shall last . God speede ...
... unto the stake , That shall be ordained on either side ; Thither he shall by force , and there abide . And if so fall the chiefėtain be take On either side , or elles slay his make , No longer then the tourneying shall last . God speede ...
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... unto Nicholas she said full still : 11 " By God's corpus , this game went fair and well . " This silly Absolon heard every deal , 14 And on his lip he gan for anger bite ; And to himself he said , " I shall thee quite.15 Who rubbeth now ...
... unto Nicholas she said full still : 11 " By God's corpus , this game went fair and well . " This silly Absolon heard every deal , 14 And on his lip he gan for anger bite ; And to himself he said , " I shall thee quite.15 Who rubbeth now ...
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... unto his bedde's feet . Soon after this the wife her routing lete , 12 And gan awake , and went her out to piss ... Unto the bed , there as the miller lay . He ween'd 19 t ' have creeped by his fellow John , And by the miller in he crept ...
... unto his bedde's feet . Soon after this the wife her routing lete , 12 And gan awake , and went her out to piss ... Unto the bed , there as the miller lay . He ween'd 19 t ' have creeped by his fellow John , And by the miller in he crept ...
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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 saidė saith sayn seem'd shalt shame shield shouldė 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 withoutė wont word wouldė
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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...