The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale, from the Canterbury Tales. A Revised Text

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Clarendon Press, 1874 - 221 páginas
 

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Página 114 - Ha, ha, the fox!" and after him they ran, And eek with staves many another man; Ran Colle our dogge, and Talbot, and Gerland, And...
Página 112 - He moste winke, so loude he wolde cryen, And stonden on his tiptoon ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. And eek he was of swich discrecioun, That ther nas no man in no regioun That him in song or wisdom mighte passe. I have wel rad in daun Burnel the Asse...
Página 12 - After the sondry sesons of the yeer, So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe, And many a breem and many a luce in stewe.
Página 10 - As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly.
Página 16 - But he ne lafte not for reyne ne thonder, In siknesse nor in meschief to visite The ferreste in his parissche, moche and lite, Upon his feet, and in his hond a staf.
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Página 92 - Greet was theffect, and heigh was his entente ; Wei wiste he why, and what ther-of he mente ; For with that faire cheyne of love he bond . The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond In certeyn boundes, that they may nat flee ; 2135 That same prince and that moevere...
Página 86 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, with-outen any companye.
Página 19 - Ful riche he was astored prively, His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly, 610 To geve and lene him of his owne good, And have a thank, and yet a cote and hood, In youthe he lerned hadde a good mister ; He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. This reve sat up-on a ful good stot.

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