| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 344 páginas
...truth of Herbert's " Good Parson": — " A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure Personne of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk,...wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient ; And miche he was sprevid1 oftensithes.2 Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 344 páginas
...Herbert's " Good Parson": — " A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure Persorme of atoun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk, He was...wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient ; And miche he was sprevid1 oftensithes.2 Ful loth were him to cursen for his tithes, But rather wolde he... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 348 páginas
...Good Parson": — " A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure Personne of a toun ; But rich? he was of holy thought and werk, He was also a lerned...wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient ; And miche he was sprevid1 oftensithes.2 Ful loth were him to cnrsen for his tithes, But rather wolde he... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1847 - 352 páginas
...truth of Herbert's " Good Parson": — " A good man ther was of religioun. That was a poure Personne of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk,...lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preehe. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche, Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite... | |
| Percy Society - 1847 - 358 páginas
...preserved. 477.—remedyes. An allusion to the title and subject of Ovid's book, De Remedio Amoris, But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. His parischens devoutly wold he teche. Benigne he was, and wondur diligent, And... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1847 - 350 páginas
...the parson, sets up the industrious secular clergy against the lazy, wicked monks. THE PROLOGUE. 23 But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. His parischens devoutly wold he teche. Benigne he was, and wondur diligent, And... | |
| Percy Society - 1847 - 352 páginas
...beautiful character of the parson, sets up the industrious secular clergy against the lazy, wicked monks. But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche. His parischens devoutly wold he teche. Benigne he was, and wondur diligent, And... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dunham Deshler - 1847 - 736 páginas
...without improving it — to the celebrated Bishop Ken. " He was a poure Personne of a town : But rich he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Criste's gospel trewely wolde preche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, • And in adversitie full... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1849 - 390 páginas
...quoted too often ? A good man th£r was of religioun That was a poure Parsone of a toun, But riclie he was of holy thought and werk; He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Criste's gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parishens1 devoutly wolde he teche ; Benigne he was, and... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1851 - 604 páginas
...For of that arte she coude the olde dance. A good man ther was of religioun. That was a poure PERSONE of a toun : But riche he was of holy thought and werk....preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne lie was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient : And swiche he was ypreved often sithes,... | |
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