 | 1881 - 590 Seiten
...great naivete, "Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, He moste reherse as neighe as ever he can Everieh word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large." And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times, other... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 Seiten
...prevented any other alteration being made in this tract, than in the orthography and abbreviations :— " Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse,...charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe. He may not spare,... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 Seiten
...thomb of gold parde.1 Line 565. Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse, as ncighe as ever he can, Everich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large ; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thingcs, or linden wordes newe. Line 733. For... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1885 - 534 Seiten
...Luke Milbourne, who had assailed not only his writings, but his moral character, with great severity. Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse...charge, All speke he, never so rudely and so large : Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe : He may not... | |
 | Juvenal - 1886 - 586 Seiten
...delicacy for which the sacrifice had been made. Chaucer observes with great naivete1, "Whoso shall tell a tale after a man, He moste reherse as neighe as...charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large." And indeed the age of Chaucer, like that of Juvenal, allowed of such liberties. Other times, other... | |
 | 1890 - 344 Seiten
...accurate both as regards matter and reference, always remembering the advice of old Dan Chaucer, " Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse...charge, All speke he never so rudely and so large ; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe." I. THE BOUNDARIES... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 Seiten
...I will follow neither of them. Our countryman, in the end of his characters, before the Canterbury Tales, thus excuses the ribaldry, which is very gross...charge, All speke he, never so rudely and so large : Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feignen thinges, or finden wordes newe : He may not... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 Seiten
...I will follow neither of them. Our countryman, in the end of his characters, before the Canterbury Tales, thus excuses the ribaldry, which is very gross...charge, All speke he, never so rudely and so large : Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feignen thinges, or finden wordes newc : He may not... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 Seiten
...I will follow neither of them. Our countryman, in the end of his characters, before the Canterbury Tales, thus excuses the ribaldry, which is very gross...charge, All speke he, never so rudely and so large : Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feignen thinges, or finden wordes newe : He may not... | |
 | 1894 - 480 Seiten
...CHAPTER XIX. " Whoso shall tellc a tale after a man, He moste rcherse, as ncighe as ever he can, Evcrich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he never so rudely and so largS ; Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Orffeinen thinges, or finden wordes newe." "QUITE... | |
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Who so shall telle a tale after a man, He moste reherse as neighe as ever he can : Everich word, if it be in his charge, All speke he, never so rudely and so large : Or elles he moste tellen his tale untrewe, Or feinen thinges, or finden wordes newe :... 
