Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern LiteratureMacmillan and Company, 1907 - 1158 pages |
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... Line 9 . Line 69 . Line 72 . Line 95 . Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly , After the scole of Stratford atte bowe , For Frenche of Paris was to hire ...
... Line 9 . Line 69 . Line 72 . Line 95 . Ful wel she sange the service devine , Entuned in hire nose ful swetely ; And Frenche she spake ful fayre and fetisly , After the scole of Stratford atte bowe , For Frenche of Paris was to hire ...
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... Line 310 . Nowher so besy a man as he ther n ' as , And yet he semed besier than he was . His studie was but litel on the Bible . For gold in phisike is a cordial ; Line 323 . Line 110 Therefore he loved gold in special . Line 445 Wide ...
... Line 310 . Nowher so besy a man as he ther n ' as , And yet he semed besier than he was . His studie was but litel on the Bible . For gold in phisike is a cordial ; Line 323 . Line 110 Therefore he loved gold in special . Line 445 Wide ...
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... Line 408 Line 3044 To maken vertue of necessite.1 And brought of mighty ale a large quart . The Milleres Tale . Line 3497 Ther n ' is no werkman whatever he be , That may both werken wel and hastily.2 This wol be done at leisure ...
... Line 408 Line 3044 To maken vertue of necessite.1 And brought of mighty ale a large quart . The Milleres Tale . Line 3497 Ther n ' is no werkman whatever he be , That may both werken wel and hastily.2 This wol be done at leisure ...
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... Line 6695 . Line 6752 . That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis.2 This flour of wifly patience . The Clerkes Tale . Part v . Line 8797 . They demen gladly to the badder end . The Squieres Tale . Line 10538 . Therefore behoveth him a ...
... Line 6695 . Line 6752 . That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis.2 This flour of wifly patience . The Clerkes Tale . Part v . Line 8797 . They demen gladly to the badder end . The Squieres Tale . Line 10538 . Therefore behoveth him a ...
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... Line 1721 . One eare it heard , at the other out it went.1 Book iv . Line 435 . Line 525 . Book v . Line 146 . Line 1798 . Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun.2 I am right sorry for your heavinesse . Go , little booke ! go , my ...
... Line 1721 . One eare it heard , at the other out it went.1 Book iv . Line 435 . Line 525 . Book v . Line 146 . Line 1798 . Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun.2 I am right sorry for your heavinesse . Go , little booke ! go , my ...
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