The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... anoon and said , What man , quoth he , should of his weeping stint That hath so great a causé for to weep ? Prudence answeredé , Certes well I wot Attempered weeping is no thing defended To him that sorrowful is , & c . This is ...
... anoon and said , What man , quoth he , should of his weeping stint That hath so great a causé for to weep ? Prudence answeredé , Certes well I wot Attempered weeping is no thing defended To him that sorrowful is , & c . This is ...
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... anoon , withouten wordes moo , And I wole erely schappe me therfore . ' This thing was graunted , and oure othus swore With ful glad herte , and prayden him also That he would vouchesauf for to doon so , And that he wolde ben oure ...
... anoon , withouten wordes moo , And I wole erely schappe me therfore . ' This thing was graunted , and oure othus swore With ful glad herte , and prayden him also That he would vouchesauf for to doon so , And that he wolde ben oure ...
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... anoon ; We dronken , and to reste wente echoon , Withouten eny lengere taryinge . 3 % A morwe whan that the day bigan to sprynge Up roos oure ost , and was oure althur cok , ' And gaderud us togider all in a flok , And forth we riden a ...
... anoon ; We dronken , and to reste wente echoon , Withouten eny lengere taryinge . 3 % A morwe whan that the day bigan to sprynge Up roos oure ost , and was oure althur cok , ' And gaderud us togider all in a flok , And forth we riden a ...
Page 118
... anoon , withoute eny abood His baner he desplayeth , ' and forth rood The displaying of the banner was the summons to the troops te assemble for military service . So when Charles I. formally dis- played the royal standard , he intended ...
... anoon , withoute eny abood His baner he desplayeth , ' and forth rood The displaying of the banner was the summons to the troops te assemble for military service . So when Charles I. formally dis- played the royal standard , he intended ...
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... anoon Ypolita the queene , And Emelye hir youge suster schene , Unto the toun of Athenes to dwelle ; And forth he ryt ; ther is no more to telle . The reede statue of Mars with spere and targe So schyneth in his white baner large , That ...
... anoon Ypolita the queene , And Emelye hir youge suster schene , Unto the toun of Athenes to dwelle ; And forth he ryt ; ther is no more to telle . The reede statue of Mars with spere and targe So schyneth in his white baner large , That ...
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