| English poetry - 1867 - 336 páginas
...of religioun, That was a poure Persone of a toun : Parson But riche he was of holy thought and work. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. 5 His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wondtr diligent, und wonderful And in... | |
| Geoffrey Chaucer - 1868 - 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. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Grietes gospel trewely wolde prêche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Bénigne he was, and wonder... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 páginas
...was also a lernid man, and a clerk, That Christ 'is gospell trewly wolde • preche ; His parish'ners devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite full pacient : And soch one he was provid ofte sithes, (scythes) Full loth were him to cursin for his... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 páginas
...the world will not readily forget them : — A good man was ther of religioun, And was a pore persoun of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk...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... | |
| William Brighty Rands - 1869 - 346 páginas
...course, a nice sophisticated conscience : — ' A good man was ther of religioun, And was a pore Persoun of a toun; But riche he was of holy thought and werk....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 - 1869 - 304 páginas
...of that art sche couthe the olde daunce. A good man was ther of religioun, And was a poure PERSOUN of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk 480 That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche ; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was,... | |
| Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1909 - 222 páginas
...resembled more than he, Chaucer's description of the " good man of religioun," who " was a pore Persoun of a toun ; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. . . . Benigne he was, and wondur diligent, . . . Wyd was his parish, and houses fer asondur, But he... | |
| Mann - 1973 - 356 páginas
...how the Parson's teaching followed on his actions, and in another near the opening of the portrait: He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche; His parisshenes devoutly wolde he teche. (480-2) Learning is here subordinated to teaching, as it traditionally... | |
| Piero Boitani - 1983 - 332 páginas
...Anglo-Norman, or English? Chaucer's poor Parson of the town, holy in thought and deed, is described as learned: 'He was also a lerned man, a clerk, / That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche . . .' (General Prologue, 478-81). The Summoner knows a formulaic Latin only out of memorized decrees,... | |
| Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1910 - 260 páginas
...werk. •He was also a lerncd man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversitce ful pacient: And swich he was y-preved ofte sythes. Ful looth were him to cursen for his... | |
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