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" But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre... "
The New Monthly Magazine - Page 31
1833
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The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and ..., Volume 1

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 pages
...in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, -tyi Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. 298 But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily gan for...
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The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and ..., Volume 1

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. zge But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily gan for...
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Select Works of the British Poets: From Chaucer to Jonson, with Biographical ...

Robert Southey - 1831 - 1038 pages
...clothed in blake or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on leming he it spente, And besily gan for...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Great Britain, Volume 1

Great Britain. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.] - 1836 - 416 pages
...riche, or fidel, or sautrie. It is then added, in sly allusion to the alchemical dreams of the day, But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. Than the pathos which characterises the story of Grisildis nothing can be more pure and exquisite ;...
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A History of English Rhythms, Volume 1

Edwin Guest - 1838 - 342 pages
...of our souls had wander'd in the air, Ban|ish'd this frail j sepulchre : of | our flesh |. R 2,1. 3. But all | be that | he was|: a phil\oso\phre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofire. Chau. Prol. Again | his might : ther gain|en non | obstacles, He may | be clep|ed : a god |...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People, as Well as ...

George Lillie Craik - 1839 - 932 pages
...bokes clothed in blake or red Of Aristotle and his philosophie Then robes riche, or fidel or sautrie . But all be that he was a philosophre Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofro, But all that he might of his frendes hente On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily...
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The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People ..., Volume 2

George Lillie Craik - 1841 - 524 pages
...bokes clothed in blake or red Of Aristotle and his philosophie Then robes riche, or fidel or sautrie : But all be that he was a philosophre Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre. Hut all that he might of his frendes heute On bokes and on leming he it speutc, And besily gan for...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...clothed in black and red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente 4 On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily gan for...
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Lives of the English Saints, Volumes 13-14

John Henry Newman - 1845 - 590 pages
...time.8 Thus, it makes a part of the scholar's portrait in Chaucer, that he was supported by alms : — But all be that he was a philosophre Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, 7 Quandam pecuniffi summam modico duraturam tempore, B. But all that he might of his frendes hente...
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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury tales

Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - 348 pages
...bokes, clothed w itack °r Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre, But all that he might of his frendes hente, On bokes and on lerning he it spente, And besily gan for...
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