 | Charles Force Deems - 1878 - 800 pages
...sm'bben sharply for the nones.t A better preest I trowe that nowhor non is, He waited after no pompo ne reverence, Ne maked him no spiced conscience; But...lore, and His apostles twelve, He taught, but first ho folwod it himselve. OODE COTTNSAILE OP CHAUCER. fro the prese,* and dwell with sothfastnosse ;t... | |
 | M. J. Guest - Great Britain - 1879 - 700 pages
...'What so he were of highe or low estate, Him wolde he snibben (reprove or mub) sharply for the nones. But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve." No one who has lived in all the 500 years since Chaucer, could better that simple picture ; nor need... | |
 | Montague John Guest - Great Britain - 1879 - 622 pages
...of highe or low estate, Him wolde he snibben (reprove or wiiiA) sharply for the nones. But Cristcs lore, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve." No one who has lived in all the 500 years since Chaucer, could better that simple picture ; nor need... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...he were of highe or low estat, Him wolde he snibben ' sharply for the none*.* A better preest I trow that no wher non is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne mak&i him no spiceM h conscience, But Criste's lore and his apostles twelve He taught, but first he... | |
 | English poets - English poetry - 1889 - 596 pages
...low estat, Him wolde he snibben sharply for the nones, occasion A better preest I trowe that nowher non is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne...twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. sparing, proud THOMAS THB RHYMER. GOOD COUNSAIL. truth FLY fro the presse, and dwell with sothfastnesse,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 510 pages
...nowher non* is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne makM him no spiced conscience, 5 But Cristls lore, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. THE TALE OF THE ENCHANTED STEED. 6 AT Sarra, in the lond of Tartarie, Ther dwelt a king that werreied'... | |
 | Blackford Condit - Religion - 1882 - 488 pages
...ensample, was his besiuesse : A better preest I trowe that nowher non ia. He wai ted after no pom pe ne reverence, Ne maked him no spiced conscience, But...twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. If Wycliffa was Chaucer's ideal of a good parson, doubtless Chaucer was Wycliffe's ideal of a good... | |
 | Blackford Condit - Bible - 1882 - 484 pages
...besinesse : A better preest I trowe that nowher non is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne inaked him no spiced conscience, But Cristes lore, and his...twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. If Wycliffa was Chaucer's ideal of a good parson, doubtless Chaucer was Wycliffe's ideal of a good... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1910 - 830 pages
...nowhere non is, He waited after no pompe ne reverence ; Ne maked him no spiced conscience, But Christes lore and his apostles twelve He taught, but first he folwed it himselve." 1 — CHAUCER. The title, Reformers before the Reformation, has been aptly given to a group of men... | |
 | English poetry - 1883 - 338 pages
...wolde he snibben sharply for the nones, reprove A better preest I trowe that no wher non is. [occasion He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne maked him...twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. 50 CHAUCER. TO SLEEP. Cow., Sleep! 0 Sleep! the certain knot of peace, The baiting place of wit, the... | |
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A better preest I trowe that nowher non is. He waited after no pompe ne reverence, Ne maked him no spiced conscience, But Cristes lore, and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he folwed it himselve. 
