 | 1867 - 874 psl.
...than was need ; And this he spoke with formal reverence, Quietly, calmly, but with all good sense ; Sounding in moral virtue was his speech. And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. A FRANKLIN was there in the company. With snow-white beard, right comely for to eee ; And broad red... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1868 - 684 psl.
...would teach or be taught by any man. " Of study took he most(e) care and heed, Not a word spake he more than was need, And that was said in form and reverence ; And short nnd quick and full of high sentence ; Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1870 - 116 psl.
...described him, five centuries ago, when, in his Canterbury Pilgrim, he says: — " Not a word spake he, more than was need; And that was said in form and...speech, And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach." In mathematics, navigation, astronomy, mechanics, the black-board is constantly in requisition. Each... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Cowden Clarke - 1870 - 676 psl.
...that gave him wherewith to scholay.4 Of study took he moste" cure and heed; 305 Not a word spake he more" than was need, And that was said in form and...reverence, And short and quick, and full of high sentence :5 Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. 310 A Sergeant... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1870 - 662 psl.
...gave him wherewith to scholay.4 Of study took he mostd cure and heed; 305 Not a word spake he mord than was need, And that was said in form and reverence, And short and quick, and full of high sentence :3 Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. 310 A Sergeant... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Cowden Clarke - 1870 - 658 psl.
...scholay.4 Of study took he moste" cure and heed; 305 Not a word spake he more1 than was need, And tljat was said in form and reverence, And short and quick, and full of high sentence :5 Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. 310 A Sergeant... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1871 - 542 psl.
...hem that gave him wherewith to scholay. Of study took he moste cure and heed ; Not ae word spake he more than was need; And that was said in form and...speech, And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. Or, take an out-of-doors' scene from one of Chaucer's minor poems. It is a description of a grove or... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 450 psl.
...need: All that he spake it was of high prudence, And short and quick, and full of great sentence y Sounding in moral virtue was his speech And gladly would he learn and gladly teach." That, himself as plump as Horace, he should have described the Clerk as being lean, will be no objection... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1872 - 740 psl.
...of a philosopher and the familiar kindness of an intimate. Like Chaucer's " Clerk of Oxenforde," " Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach." The "Rambler" is not a book to be opened in a careless moment, for the style is out of fashion; but... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 psl.
...that gave him wherewith to scholay' Of study took ho moste cure and heed; Not a word spake he moré than was need, And that was said in form and reverence, And short und quick, and. full of high sentence •• Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would... | |
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And busily gan for the soules pray Of them that gave him <25> wherewith to scholay* Of study took he moste care and heed. Not one word spake he more than was need; And that was said in form and reverence, And short and quick, and full of high sentence.... 
