 | George Markham Tweddell - 1872 - 168 oldal
...— " Well could he sit on horse, and fair ride ;" the clerk of Oxford, — " As lean was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ;" the shipman, — " who rode upon a rouncie as he couthe," or, in other words, rode upon a common... | |
 | 1873 - 670 oldal
...the Clerk : — A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. Al so lene vas his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. The Sergeant-of-Law was a modest man : — He rood but hoomly in a medleJ coat, Gird with a seynt of... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 388 oldal
...his head. The Clerk "of Oxenford" must not be omitted in our quotations:— " As lend was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake, I!ut looked holive, and thereto soberly. Full threadbare was his overest courtepy,' For he hadde goten... | |
 | John Bascom - 1874 - 348 oldal
...poorest widow, a farthing before he left. Then comes the clerk of Oxford, as yet without a benefice. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake. He had in him the spirit of scholarship, however, and preferred to have at his bed's head, twenty books... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 404 oldal
...Tales : — A Clerk there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic badde long ygo, As leane 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 courtepy ; For he had getten... | |
 | David Mather Masson - 1874 - 390 oldal
...Tales : — A Clerk there was of Oxenford also, That unto logic hadde long ygo, As lean& 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 courtepy ; For he had getten... | |
 | John Walker Vilant Macbeth - 1875 - 558 oldal
...Chaucer's poor clerk was the living antithesis, he and his horse, of the monk : " As lene was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake." Under Lessening much sly insinuation may be carried on — it being well fitted for purposes of humor.... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 oldal
...worthy man withalle, But soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, he Roman? Greek? they stalk, an empty name! Yet few...regard them in this useful light ; Though half our le ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overeat courtepy,14 For he hadde geten... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 oldal
...UXEKFOBD. (From tht ElUsmere MS.) A CLEBK ther was of Oxenford also, 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 looked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thrc-dbare was his overest courtepy," 290 For he had geten... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 oldal
...of fortune is a poor Clerk : A Clerk ther was of Oxenford also, 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,8 For he hackle geten... | |
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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. 
