 Ful worthy was he in his lordes werre, And therto hadde he riden, no man ferre, As wel in cristendom as in hethenesse, And evere honoured for his worthynesse. At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle...  Chaucer, 1400, to Beaumont, 1628 - Page 22edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1852 - 350 pages
...what degre ; And eke in what araie that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I firste beginne. A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro...his lordes werre, And therto hadde he ridden, no man ferre, As wel in Cristendom as in Hethenesse, And ever honoured for his worthinesse. At Alisandre he... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Plantation life - 1852 - 558 pages
...history of the founder of Virginia. " A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time (hat he firste began To riden out, he loved chevalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and cnrtosie. At mortal batailes hadde he ben fiftene, And foughten for our faith at Tramisscne In listes... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Plantation life - 1852 - 552 pages
...repetition here, for its singular application to the history of the founder of Virginia. " A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time that he firstc began To riden out, he loved chevalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtcsie. At mortal batailes... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...the Canterbury Pilgrimage.] A Knight ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time that he first began To riden out, he loved chevalrie, Trouthe and...fredom and curtesie. Ful worthy was he in his lordes wcrre ; And, therto, hadde he ridden, none more ferrt, Ая wcl in Oistemlom as in Hcthcnesse, And... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - 1853 - 570 pages
...history of the founder of Virginia. " A knight there was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time (hat he firste began To riden out, he loved chevalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curtesie. At mortal batailes hadde he ben fifiene, And foughten for our faith at Tramisseno In listea times,... | |
 | Ottomar Behnsch - 1853 - 244 pages
...British Poets with prefaces biographical and critical by Robert Anderson, ISvols. 8. London, 1795). That fro the time that he firste began To riden out he loved ehevalrie, Trouthe and honour, freedom and curtesie. Aber des ritters eqaipage war nicht so gut als... | |
 | Ottomar Behnsch - English literature - 1853 - 248 pages
...and eritical by Robert Anderson, 13 vols. 8. London, 1795). 188 Charactere aus den Canterbury Tales. That fro the time that he firste began To riden out he loved ehevalrie, Trouthe and honour, freedom and curtesie. Aber des ritters equipage war nicht so gut als... | |
 | Philological Society (Great Britain) - Philology - 1844 - 340 pages
...meet with a very similar syntax, which even yet can hardly be considered as altogether obsolete. 87. A knight ther was and that a worthy man That fro the time that he ferste bigan 224 88. I pawn'd Mine honour for his truth, who being so heighten 'd, He water'd his new... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1854 - 650 pages
...; And eke in what araie that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I firste beginne. A knight5 ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the time that he firste began adjoyned, newly repaired, and with convenient roomes much encreased, for the receipt of many guests."... | |
 | 1854 - 792 pages
...of philosophy ? " Frertt and /endet titeji tvt littl atouder !" The Freraf Tale, p. 64. " A knlghte ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro' the time that he flrste began To rlden ont, he lOTed chitalne, Trouthe and honour, fredom and CHrtetit." Praia fue to... | |
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