 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 Seiten
...— our renowned duke!] Thus, in Chaucer's Knight's Tale: " Whilom as olde stories tellen us, " There was a Duk that highte Theseus, " Of Athenes he was lord and governour," &c. Tynvhitt's edit. v. 861. Lidgate too, the monk of Bury, in his translation of the Tragedies of... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 490 Seiten
...Poetical English Versions. THE KNIGHTES TALE, GEOFFREY CHAUCER. \Y HILOM, as old stories tellen us, There was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne ; Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 496 Seiten
...English Versions. THE KNIGHTES TALE, BY GEOFFREY CHAUCER. \V HI I.OM, as old stories tellen us, There was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne ; Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 766 Seiten
...our way ; And he began with right a mery chere His tale anon, and saide as ye shul here, THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was...Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the Sonne. Ful many a riclie contree had he... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 400 Seiten
...our way ; And he began with right a mery chere His tale anon, and saide as ye shul here. THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was...Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 Seiten
...His tale anon, and saide as ye shul here. THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, s6i Ther was a duk that highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 Seiten
...His tale anon, and saide as ye shul here. THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen ug, a6i Ther was a duk that highte Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - 348 Seiten
...riden forth our way ; And he began with right a mery chere His tale anon, and saide as ye shul here. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk...Theseus. Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his time swiche a conquerour, That greter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree had he... | |
 | Percy Society - 1847 - 358 Seiten
...weye; And he bigan with right a merie chere, His tale, and seide right in this manere. 860 THE KNIGHTES TALE. WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was...gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre hadde he wonne ; That with his wisdam and his chivalrie He conquered al the regne of Femynye,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 760 Seiten
...Tale.' The opening lines of that beautiful poem offer an example: — Whilom, as olde stories tellcn is wife my bauble, govemour, And in his time awiche a couquerour, That greter was ther nou under the sonno Full many a... | |
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WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre... 
