 | English poetry - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe,1 and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy,2 For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever3 han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black and red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic,... | |
 | Royal University of Ireland - 1859 - عدد الصفحات: 490
...soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest cowrtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was not worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beedes hed A twenty bokes clothed in black of red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 598
...fat, I undertake ; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For ho hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Thau robes riche,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...looked hollow,7 and thereto soberly.8 Full threadbare was his overest9 courtepy,10 For he had gotten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever11 have at his bed's head A twenty booke's, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophy,... | |
 | 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 362
...was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy,' For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...to have an office. For him was lever * han at his beedes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic, Than robes riche,... | |
 | 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 478
...right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, 1 For he hadde geten him yet no benefice, Ne was nought...worldly to have an office. For him was lever* han at his beedes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophie, Than robes riche,... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...was not right fat, I undertake; But loked holwe, and therto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, ' For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever1 han at his beedes heel A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle, and his philosophic,... | |
 | William Everett - 1865 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he had geten him yet no benefice, He was nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes hed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red Of Aristote and his philosophic, Than robes riche,... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 278
...was not right fat I undertake ; But loked holwe and thereto soberly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...worldly to have an office. For him was lever han at his beddes bed A twenty bokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophic, Than robes rich,... | |
 | Goldwin Smith - 1866 - عدد الصفحات: 288
...was not right fat I undertake ; But loked holwe and thereto soherly. Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy, For he hadde geten him yet no benefice,...nought worldly to have an office. For him was lever ban at his beddes hod A twenty hokes, clothed in black or red, Of Aristotle and his philosophic, Than... | |
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Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre... 
