 | Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder - 1892 - 308 oldal
...blak or reede, Of Aristotle and his philosophic, Then robe's riche, or fithele, or gay sawtrie. But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde" he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his frendes hente, On booke's and on lernying he it spente, And busily gan for... | |
 | Oliver Throck Morton - 1892 - 236 oldal
...blak or reede, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Then robes riche, or fithele, or gay sawtrye. But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his freddes hente, On bookes and on lernyng he it spente, And busily gan for the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1892 - 348 oldal
...or reed Of Aristotle and his philosophye, 295 Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sautrye. But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his frendes hente, On bokes and on7 lerninge he it spente, 300 And bisily gan... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1892 - 316 oldal
...blak or reede, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, Then robes riche, or fithel, or gay sawtrye.52 But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he mighte of his frendes hente, On bookes and on lernyng he it spente, And busily gan for the... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1894 - 928 oldal
...or reed, Of Aristotle and his philosophye, ¡V Than robes riche, or fithele, or gay sentrye But al be that he was a philosophre. Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; (•<«> But al that he mighte of his freend« hento, On bokes and on lerninge he it spent?, .w And bisily gan for... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1928 - 760 oldal
...reed Of Aristotle and his philosophic Than robes riche, or fithele, or sautrie. 296 But al^be_that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre; But al that he myghte of his freendes hente On bookes and his lernynge he it spente; 300 And bisily gan... | |
 | Robert E. Lewis - 1956 - 132 oldal
...oure-selfe. . Neuir-be-les of a läse hald we vs dristins. (b) (C1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol. A.297; But, al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. (al393) Gower CA 4.2393: Al be it so the bodi deie, The name of hem schal nevere aweie. Ibid. 4.2920:... | |
 | Bernard Felix Hupp? - 1964 - 260 oldal
...philosopher, and his search is for truth, not gold, unlike the practical philosopher, the alchemist: But al be that he was a philosophre Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. (297-298) He seeks the treasure which does not rust. He is utterly unsuccessful, unlike our three prosperous... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 2000 - 226 oldal
...his own jokes — For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therlbre he lovede gold in special. (443-4) But al be that he was a philosophre. Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. (297-8) — into revealing flashes of the Doctor's cupidity and the contrasted disinterestedness of... | |
 | Mann - 1973 - 356 oldal
...now a philosopher. Chaucer takes pains to show us that his Clerk is no exception to this rule: But al be that he was a philosophre Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. (297-8) Some writers see poverty as a necessary condition for scholarship:119 Walter of Chatillon harks... | |
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