Jolly Quote by Geoffrey Chaucer Download Open image “So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.” — Geoffrey Chaucer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Jolly
Forbede us thing, and that desiren we; Preesse on us faste, and thanne wol we flee. With daunger oute we al ourechaffare: Greet prees… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Ther nis no werkman, whatsoevere he be, That may bothe werke wel and hastily. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost… — John Milton Copy Share Image
In a somer seson, whan softe was the sonne, I shoop me into shroudes as I a sheep were, In habite an heremite unholy… — William Langland Copy Share Image
A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
But, Lord Crist! whan that it remembreth me Upon my yowthe, and on my jolitee, It tickleth me aboute myn herte roote. Unto this… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“Ye sey right sooth; this Monk he clappeth lowde. He spak how Fortune covered with a clowde I noot nevere what; and als of… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
'My lige lady, generally,' quod he, 'Wommen desyren to have sovereyntee As well over hir housbond as hir love.' — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is the very sepulcher Of man's wit and his discretion. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Whoso will pray, he must fast and be clean, And fat his soul, and make his body lean. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
The handsome gifts that fate and nature lend us Most often are the very ones that end us. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Patience is a conquering virtue. The learned say that, if it not desert you, It vanquishes what force can never reach; Why answer back… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“This Nicholas anon leet fle a fart As greet as it had been a thonder-dent, That with the strook he was almoost yblent; And… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
A whetstone is no carving instrument, And yet it maketh sharp the carving tool; And if you see my efforts wrongly spent, Eschew that… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“In general, my liege lady,’ he began, ‘Women desire to have dominion Over their husbands, and their lovers too; They want to have mastery… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Venus me yaf my lust, my like rousnesse, And Mars yaf me my sturdy hardinesse. — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
“For sondry scoles maken sotile clerkis; Womman of manye scoles half a clerk is.” — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
I'm very jolly by nature but I get very upset when my skin is bad, I dread leaving the house. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
Great pals we've always been. In fact there was a time when I had an idea I was in love with Cynthia. However, it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a coolibar tree, And he sang as he sat and waited for… — Banjo Paterson Copy Share Image
Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul. With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal. Frosty… — Jack Nelson Copy Share Image
Immortality—dazzling idea! who first imagined thee! Was it some jolly burgher of Nuremburg, who with night-cap on his head, and white clay pipe in… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Our family was too strange and weird for even Santa Claus to come visit ... Santa, who was jolly - but, let's face it,… — Julia Sweeney Copy Share Image
