Chaucer

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A. Russell, 1870 - 222 pages
 

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Page 106 - That al be that Criseyde was untrewe, That for that gilt she be not wrooth with me. Ye may hir gilt in othere bokes see ; And gladlier I wol wryten, if yow leste, Penelopees trouthe and good Alceste.
Page 77 - Or what thing may this sygnifye? I neyther am Ennok, ne Elye, Ne Romulus, ne Ganymede, That was ybore up, as men rede, To hevene with dann Jupiter, And mad the goddvs botiller.
Page 67 - ... dove l'umano spirito si purga e di salire al ciel diventa degno.
Page 46 - And in hymself he lough right at the wo Of hem that wepten for his deth so faste, And dampned al oure werk that foloweth so The blynde lust, the which that may nat laste.
Page 69 - Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge With-inne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so, And spedde as wel in love as men now do; Eek for to winne love in sondry ages, In sondry londes, sondry been usages.
Page 129 - Adam Scrivener, if ever it thee befalle, Boece or Troilus for to write newe...
Page 38 - Teban, de' qua' non fo menzione, Dinanzi e dopo al fiero Capaneo, E dietro a tutti in doloroso agone, Eteocle e Polinice, ed ispedito II solo Adrastro ad Argo era fuggito.
Page 80 - Di gente, ch' i' non avrei mai creduto, Che morte tanta n
Page 36 - Che m' e venuta voglia con pietosa Rima di scriver una storia antica, Tanto negli anni riposta e nascosa. Che latino autor non par ne dica, Per quel ch...
Page 84 - Sentio' inquit 'te sedem etiam nunc hominum ac domum contemplari; quae si tibi parva ut est ita videtur, haec caelestia semper spectato, illa humana contemnito. Tu enim quam celebritatem sermonis hominum aut quam expetendam consequi gloriam potes?

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