 | Henry Snowden Ward - 1905 - 464 psl.
...heed, Not one word spoke he more than was need, 213 THE CLERK OF OXENFORD (From the Ellesmrre MS.). And that was said in form and reverence, And short and quick and full of high sentence. Sowning 8 in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach." This admirable... | |
 | Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - 614 psl.
...more than was need: All that he spake it was of high prudence, And short and quick, and full of great sentence; Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. Truth is the highest thing a man may keep. CRITICISM. His best tales run on like one of our inland... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1906 - 456 psl.
...need, And this was said with form and gravest stress, And short and quick, full of sententiousness. Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. THE PHYSICIAN. A DOCTOR of Physic rode with us along ; There was none like him in this wide world's... | |
 | Caroline Frances Eleanor Spurgeon - 1908 - 582 psl.
...dedication of the Treatise of the Astrolabe.] [The title-page of the volume bears the motto :] Sounding with Moral Virtue was his Speech, And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. — CHAUCER. [The frontispiece, by A. Walker, represents the Visiter writing before a row of busts... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1914 - 312 psl.
...And that was to the purpose, quick and short, Uttered with dignity, of high import. Inspiring unto virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach. A Man of Law there was, wary and keen. ThlTportico of St. Paul's Church had seen Him often deep in... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 400 psl.
...[obtain] On bookes and on learning he it spent. Of study took he moste care and heed, Not a word spake he more than was need, And that was said in form and reverence, And short and quick, and full of higii sentence. Sounding in moral virtue was his speech, And gladly would he learn and gladly teach."... | |
 | Arthur Savile Beresford Freer - 1922 - 160 psl.
...that he spake, it was of high prudence, And short and quick and full of great sentence, Tending to moral virtue was his speech And gladly would he learn and gladly teach." But, above all, Adam Marsh laboured for the reformation of the Church, by resisting the claims of King... | |
 | 1894 - 710 psl.
...That gave him wherewith to scolâie. Of study took most care and heed, Not one word spake he more than need ; And that was said in form and reverence. And short, and quick, and full of sentence. On virtue's side was aye his speech, Would gladly learn and gladly teach. A learned Law Sergeant,... | |
 | 2004 - 228 psl.
...required, And that was always formal and polite, Brief, to the point, and in its purpose right. Faithful to moral virtue was his speech And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. Geoffrey Chaucer, Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, lines 285-307 (editor's translation) A young man... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 388 psl.
...couplet that appears to me to be more sprightly and witty than the original. 861 Not a word spoke he more than was need; And that was said in form and...speech And gladly would he learn, and gladly teach. A sergeant of the law who much did know, And oft talkt law in St. Paul's portico, Was also there full... | |
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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.... 
