The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... FRERE THE FRERES TALE THE SOMPNOURES PROLOGE THE SOMPNOURES TALE . • . THE CLERK OF OXENFORDES PROLOGE 306 334 • 349 350 · 364 365 386 THE CLERKES TALE . 388 · THE PROLOGE OF THE MARCHAUNDES TALE 422 • THE MARCHAUNDES TALE 424 • THE ...
... FRERE THE FRERES TALE THE SOMPNOURES PROLOGE THE SOMPNOURES TALE . • . THE CLERK OF OXENFORDES PROLOGE 306 334 • 349 350 · 364 365 386 THE CLERKES TALE . 388 · THE PROLOGE OF THE MARCHAUNDES TALE 422 • THE MARCHAUNDES TALE 424 • THE ...
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... FRERE ther was , a wantoun and a merye , A lymytour , a ful solempne man . In alle the ordres foure is noon that can I Probably the fur of the grey squirrel , in French petit gris . In St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin there is a brass ...
... FRERE ther was , a wantoun and a merye , A lymytour , a ful solempne man . In alle the ordres foure is noon that can I Probably the fur of the grey squirrel , in French petit gris . In St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin there is a brass ...
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... freres . His typet ' was ay farsud ful of knyfes And pynnes , for to give faire wyfes . And certayn he hadde a mery noote . Wel couthe he synge and pleye on a rote . Of yeddynges ' he bar utturly the prys . His nekke whit was as the ...
... freres . His typet ' was ay farsud ful of knyfes And pynnes , for to give faire wyfes . And certayn he hadde a mery noote . Wel couthe he synge and pleye on a rote . Of yeddynges ' he bar utturly the prys . His nekke whit was as the ...
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... frere , aboute , And ever he rood the hynderest of the route . Jup.320.n. ! A SOMPNOUR was ther with us in that place , Jue 6.320.n. That hadde a fyr - reed cherubynes face , 1 For sawceflem he was , with eyghen narwe . As hoot he was ...
... frere , aboute , And ever he rood the hynderest of the route . Jup.320.n. ! A SOMPNOUR was ther with us in that place , Jue 6.320.n. That hadde a fyr - reed cherubynes face , 1 For sawceflem he was , with eyghen narwe . As hoot he was ...
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... freres in the chauncel gan to synge . This parissch clerk , this amerous Absolon , That is for love so harde and woo bygor , Upon the Monday was at Osenay With company , him to desporte and play ; And axed upon caas a cloysterer Ful ...
... freres in the chauncel gan to synge . This parissch clerk , this amerous Absolon , That is for love so harde and woo bygor , Upon the Monday was at Osenay With company , him to desporte and play ; And axed upon caas a cloysterer Ful ...
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