The works of Geoffrey ChaucerMacmillan and Company, limited, 1904 - 771 pàgines |
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Pàgina 41
... thyng , But of a thyng that parfit is and stable , Descendynge so , til it be corrumpable . And therfore of his wise purveiaunce 3011 He hath so wel biset his ordinaunce , That speces of thyngės and progressiouns Shullen enduren by ...
... thyng , But of a thyng that parfit is and stable , Descendynge so , til it be corrumpable . And therfore of his wise purveiaunce 3011 He hath so wel biset his ordinaunce , That speces of thyngės and progressiouns Shullen enduren by ...
Pàgina 44
... thyng that toucheth gentillesse , And eek moralitee , and hoolynesse , - 3180 Blameth nat me if that ye chese amys . The Millere is a cherl , ye knowe wel this , So was the Reve , and othere manye mo , And harlotrie they tolden bothe ...
... thyng that toucheth gentillesse , And eek moralitee , and hoolynesse , - 3180 Blameth nat me if that ye chese amys . The Millere is a cherl , ye knowe wel this , So was the Reve , and othere manye mo , And harlotrie they tolden bothe ...
Pàgina 59
... thyng in hir eye ; And whan she gan the white thyng espye , She wende the clerk hadde wered a volupeer , And with the staf she drough ay neer and neer And wende han hit this Aleyn at the fulle ; And smoot the millere on the pyled skulle ...
... thyng in hir eye ; And whan she gan the white thyng espye , She wende the clerk hadde wered a volupeer , And with the staf she drough ay neer and neer And wende han hit this Aleyn at the fulle ; And smoot the millere on the pyled skulle ...
Pàgina 82
... thyng , by day or nyght , If it lye in my power and my myght , That ye me wol comande in any wyse , It shal be doon , right as ye wol devyse . ' Wyf , ' quod this man , ' litel kanstow devyne 1419 The curious bisynessé that we have ...
... thyng , by day or nyght , If it lye in my power and my myght , That ye me wol comande in any wyse , It shal be doon , right as ye wol devyse . ' Wyf , ' quod this man , ' litel kanstow devyne 1419 The curious bisynessé that we have ...
Pàgina 94
... thyng , and an heigh matiere , by cause of the wrong and of the wikkednesse that hath be doon , and eek by resoun of the grete damages that in tyme comynge been possible to fallen for this same cause , and eek by resoun of the grete ...
... thyng , and an heigh matiere , by cause of the wrong and of the wikkednesse that hath be doon , and eek by resoun of the grete damages that in tyme comynge been possible to fallen for this same cause , and eek by resoun of the grete ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 11 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Pàgina 120 - Tragedie is to seyn, a certeyn storie, As olde bookes maken us memorie, Of hym that stood in greet prosperitee And is yfallen out of heigh degree Into myserie, and endeth wrecchedly, And they ben versified communely Of six feet, which men clepen exametron.
Pàgina 141 - Lo, swich it is for to be recchelees, And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, Taketh the moralitee, good men.
Pàgina 11 - And everich hostiler and tappestere Bet than a lazar or a beggestere ; For un-to swich a worthy man as he Acorded nat, as by his facultee, To have with seke lazars aqueyntaunce. It is nat honest, it may nat avaunce For to delen with no swich poraille, But al with riche and sellers of vitaille.
Pàgina 170 - allas! nay, nay! It wol nat been amended nevere mo. Thou art so loothly, and so oold also, And therto comen of so lough a kynde, That litel wonder is thogh I walwe and wynde. So wolde God myn herte wolde breste!" "Is this," quod she, "the cause of youre unreste?" "Ye, certeinly,
Pàgina 11 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte ; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do...
Pàgina 11 - Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licour Of which vertu engendred is the flour...
Pàgina 152 - This olde man gan loke in his visage, And seyde thus, "for I ne can nat finde A man, though that I walked in-to Inde, Neither in citee nor in no village, That wolde chaunge his youthe for myn age; And therfore moot I han myn age stille, As longe time as it is goddes wille.
Pàgina 11 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Pàgina 11 - Everich, for the wisdom that he kan, Was shaply for to been an alderman. For catel hadde they y-nogh and rente, And eek hir wyves wolde it wel assente; And elles certeyn were they to blame. 375 It is ful fair to been y-cleped "madame," And goon to vigilies al bifore, And have a mantel roialliche y-bore.