 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 oldal
...have a ferthing or he went ; His pourchas was wel better than his rent. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not rightful, 1 undertake, But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1860 - 598 oldal
...liis bargeines, and with his ehevisance. ForMjthe he was a worthy man withalle, | But soth to layn, 1 n'ot how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenforde also, That unt'i logikc hadde long ygo. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 oldal
...was in dette. So stedefastly didde he his governance, With his bargeines, and with his chevisance. Forsothe he was a worthy man withalle, But soth to sayn, I n'ot how men him calle. CAawoer. MERCHANT Social Position and Importance of the. I found it to be true, that a true-bred merchant... | |
 | 1863 - 478 oldal
...was in dette, So stedefastly didde he his governance, With his bargeines, and with his chevisance.' Forsothe he was a worthy man withalle, But soth to...of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. 1 As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 oldal
...So stedefastly didde he his governance, With his bargeines, and with his chevisance.1 1 Agreements. Forsothe he was a worthy man withalle, But soth to...was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo.1 As lene was his hors as is a rake, 1 Gone. And he was not right fat, I undertake ; But loked... | |
 | William Everett - 1865 - 418 oldal
...of his time so captivating, that I must relieve my halting prose with 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,... | |
 | 1866 - 976 oldal
...cloister and student's bower. The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin. " As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake." The ancient anchorets of the East, the children of St. Anthony, were a longlived sect, rivalling the... | |
 | William Everett - 1867 - 420 oldal
...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 ; Bnt looked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtcpy, For he had geten him... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1867 - 282 oldal
...not what men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe i-go. Al-so lene was his hors as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake ; 290 But lokede holwe, and therto soburly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde nought... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1869 - 266 oldal
...place. Chaucer has drawn a beautiful picture of a true scholar in his " Clerk of Oxenford" : — " A Clerk ther was of Oxenforde also, That unto logike hadde long ygo. As lene was his horse as is a rake, And he was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and thereto soberly. Ful... | |
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A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also That un-to 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. 
