The Oxford Book of English ProseArthur Quiller-Couch Clarendon Press, 1925 - 1092 pages |
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... tell ne may not approchen to that PARADYS . be londe noman may go for wylde bestes that ben in the desertes and for the high mountaynes and grete huge roches , that noman may passe by , for the derke places that ben there and that manye ...
... tell ne may not approchen to that PARADYS . be londe noman may go for wylde bestes that ben in the desertes and for the high mountaynes and grete huge roches , that noman may passe by , for the derke places that ben there and that manye ...
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... to kisse hire , he schall not dye , but he schall turne the damysele into hire 16 I do the to wytene ) I tell thee 30 sithen hiderwardes ) till now right forme and kyndely schapp , and he schal be 14 SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE.
... to kisse hire , he schall not dye , but he schall turne the damysele into hire 16 I do the to wytene ) I tell thee 30 sithen hiderwardes ) till now right forme and kyndely schapp , and he schal be 14 SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE.
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... tell you an ensaumple of a woman that ete the good morsell in the absence of her husbonde . Ther was a woman that had a pie in a cage , that spake and wolde tell talys that she saw do . And so it happed that her husbonde made kepe a ...
... tell you an ensaumple of a woman that ete the good morsell in the absence of her husbonde . Ther was a woman that had a pie in a cage , that spake and wolde tell talys that she saw do . And so it happed that her husbonde made kepe a ...
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... tell you mych more betwene you and me and God before . And where as ye , full womanly and lyke a lofer , remembre me with manyfolde recomendacion in dyversse maners , remyttynge the same to my discresscion to depart them ther as I love ...
... tell you mych more betwene you and me and God before . And where as ye , full womanly and lyke a lofer , remembre me with manyfolde recomendacion in dyversse maners , remyttynge the same to my discresscion to depart them ther as I love ...
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... Tell hym with owte he amend his con- discion that he will cause strangers to advoide and come no more there . I trust to you that he shall amend agaynest myn commynge , the which shalbe shortely with all hanndes and all feete with Godes ...
... Tell hym with owte he amend his con- discion that he will cause strangers to advoide and come no more there . I trust to you that he shall amend agaynest myn commynge , the which shalbe shortely with all hanndes and all feete with Godes ...
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