 A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto 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.  Bell's Edition - Page ccxxxviby John Bell - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...CLERK. 1 A Clerk 2 there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic hadde long ygo. s As Iean6 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 courtepjr; For he had gotten... | |
 | William Everett - 1865 - 418 pages
...Chaucer's sweet verse : — " A clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ago ; As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he had geten him... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...CLERK.1 A Clerk' there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic hiulcle long ygo.3 As Iriiiie 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 courtepjr; For he had gotten... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - History - 1866 - 278 pages
...to us sufficiently well the inmates of the House of Merton : "A clerk there was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors...as is a rake, And he was not right fat I undertake ; But loked holwe and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1866 - 398 pages
...what men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe tyme i-go. Al-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But lokede holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, 290 For he hadde nought... | |
 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 pages
...Chaucer's sweet verse: — " A clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ago; As leue was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he had geten him... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - English language - 1867 - 384 pages
..." A clerke there was of Oxenforde also, That unto Logicke hadde long ygo, And It in! was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake." Canterbury Tales, This abuse of words, which have not of course maintained their lengthened form, can... | |
 | Christianity - 1843 - 750 pages
...scholar at the end of the fourteenth century. " A clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But looked holwe* and thereto soberlye. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepie. For he had geten... | |
 | Indic literature - 1868 - 600 pages
...lines about — " The clerk of Oxonforde also That unto logik haddo long ygo ; As lene was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. And able that he was a philosophre, Tut hadde he but litel gold in cofro." I could not help looking... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1869 - 290 pages
...I not what men him calle. A CLEBK ther was of Oxenford also, 285 That unto logik hadde longe i-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But lokede holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeste courtepy, . 290 For he hadde geten... | |
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