| 1833 - 546 páginas
...had gotten him yet no benefice — Nor was very likely to do it, as we may see by the next line :— Ne was nought worldly to have an office : For him was lever (liefer, rather) han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 400 páginas
...was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes bed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 388 páginas
...was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever ban at his beddes bed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1824 - 534 páginas
...philosophy. He is emaciated with study, clad in a thread-bare cloak, and rides a steed lean as a rake. For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office : For him was lever r han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophic,... | |
| John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, (e) and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, (/) For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...to have an office. For him was lever (#) han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche,... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 páginas
...was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, 297 Than robes... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 páginas
...was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, -tyi Than robes... | |
| Robert Southey - 1831 - 1038 páginas
...undertake ; But loked holwe, and thcrto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde gcten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed Twenty bol i-, clothed in blake or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche,... | |
| 1833 - 484 páginas
...had gotten him yet no benefice — Nor was very likely to do it, as we may see by the next line : — Ne was nought worldly to have an office: For him was lever (licfe.r, rather) han at bit beddes bed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his... | |
| 1833 - 488 páginas
...had gotten him yet no benefice — Nor was very likely to do it, as we may see by the next line : — Ne was nought worldly to have an office : For him was lever (tiiju. rather) han at his beddes bed A twenty bokei, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his... | |
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