 | Matthew Alan Cahn, Rory O'Brien - Literary Collections - 1996 - 316 pages
...wilderness — hunters as well as fishers of men. Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer's nun, who "yave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men." There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the "best... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - History - 1996 - 220 pages
...wilderness, - hunters as well as fishers of men. Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer's nun, who gave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men. There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the "best... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau, Citadel Press - Philosophy - 1967 - 132 pages
...wilderness,—hunters as well as fishers of men. Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer's nun, who "yave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men." There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the "best... | |
 | Rod Preece - Nature - 2002 - 436 pages
...wilderness, - hunters as well as fishers of men. Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer's nun, who "yave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men"* There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the "best... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 440 pages
...keper of the celle. The reule of seint Maure and of seint Beneit, Because that it was olde and somdele streit, This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace, And...That saith, that hunters ben not holy men ; Ne that a monk, whan he is rekkeles, Is like to a fish that is waterles ; This is to say, a monk out of his cloistre.... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1925 - 478 pages
...Riverside Edn., 1894-5, 10 vols., vol. ii, pp. 330-31.) Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer'i nun, who Yave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men. Prêt 11. m-«. [It wu, of course, not the nun, but the monk, who held this opinion.] 1864. Unknown.... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - Solitude - 2002 - 544 pages
...vegetable wildernesshunters as well as fishers of men. Thus far I am of the opinion of Chaucer's nun7, who yave not of the text a pulled hen That saith that hunters ben not holy men.2 There is a period in the history of the individual, as of the race, when the hunters are the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 358 pages
...keper of the celle. The reule of Seint Maure and of Seint Beneit, Because that it was olde and somdele streit, This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace, And held after the newc world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith, that hunters ben not holy men... | |
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This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith, that hunters ben not holy men... 
