 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...agreement for bcrruwin; CHAUCHA. CHAUCER, A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde Ion;; , they used to prick, and готе, Yet higher than...breast, for compass never strove ; Yet at the farthest wits his overcst courtesy, For he haddc getcu him yet no benefice, lie was nought worldly to have an... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 354 Seiten
...annex a specimen, descriptive of the " clerk," from his " Canterbury Tales : " — 4 " A clerk there was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long...rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 840 Seiten
...of )>i faith, els do }>ei wrong, rei stand alle to gode graith, whan j>oii crt Jam among. A p. 193. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; Hut lokcd holwe, and therto soberly. Chaucer. Prologue, 1. 291. I woll not teilen eke how they all... | |
 | John Saunders - 1845 - 292 Seiten
...OXENFOBD.* " A clerk there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic hadde long ygo,f As leane was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But looked hollow and thereto soberly. Full threadbare was his overest courtepy ;t For he had getten him yet no... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 290 Seiten
...have a ferthing or he went ; His pourchas was wel better than his rent. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was...a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, and play on the rote. There... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 282 Seiten
...have a ferthing or he went ; His pourchas was wel better than his rent. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not rightful, I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 416 Seiten
...her ; so pleasant was his in principio. He made a great deal more of his lease than he paid for it. That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not rightfut, I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1846 - 410 Seiten
...An OXFORD SCHOLAR was among us, who had long passed his exThat unto logike hadde long ygo. As Ienfi was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde goten him yet... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1847 - 318 Seiten
...visits upon the followers of literature : — 1 Red and pimpled. a Scabby. 3 Foul running sores. " As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe,1 and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy.1 He was nought worldly to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...agreement for borrowing A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hailde long ygo. Ai Icue rust him not ; his words, though sweet, Seldom with his heart d ; Hut looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeat courtepy, For he hadde gctcn... | |
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A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and ther-to soberly. 
