 | Horace Hills Morgan - English literature - 1880 - 476 pages
...sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. 70 He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit, gentil knyght. But for to tellen you of his array, His hors was goode but he... | |
 | Hugh Fraser Campbell - English language - 1883 - 128 pages
...following sentences, refer them to classes, and give cognate words direct from the Latin : — (1.) He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no manere wight : He was a veray perfit gentil knight. (2.) You may grant that, if there was any chance... | |
 | Thomas R. Lounsbury - English language - 1894 - 556 pages
...Chaucer, to emphasize the courtesy of the Knight, puts four negatives into the two following lines : — He nevere yet no vileynye * ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight.2 In the first period of Modern English this use of the double negative to strengthen the negation... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - 1898 - 328 pages
...IV COLLEGE LIFE " And though that he were worthy, he was wys And of his part as meeke as is a mayde, He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit, gentil knyght." — Chaucer, The Canterhury Tales. THE early part of the summer... | |
 | Edward William Edmunds - Poets, English - 1914 - 234 pages
...prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileynye ne sayde, In al his lyf, unto no maner wight. He was a verray parfit, gentil knyght. But for to tellen yow of his array, His hors weren goode, but... | |
 | Olive Beaupré Miller - Children's literature - 1922 - 456 pages
...ynesse — And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his porte as meeke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf, unto no maner wight. He was a verray parfit, gentil knyght. 'farthtr. SIR BEAUMAINS, THE KITCHEN KNIGHT A Legend of the... | |
 | Percy Hazen Houston - English literature - 1926 - 548 pages
...prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileynye ne sayde, In al his lyf, unto no maner wight, He was a verray parfit, gentil knyght. 466 THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH Greater than.any secular institution... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1928 - 762 pages
...sovereyn prys; And though that he were worthy, he was wys, 68 And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. He was a verray, parfit, gentil knyght. 72 But for to tellen yow of his array, His hors weren goode,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 226 pages
...negators not only increases the emphasis, but with the repetition of no leads to the climax in 72: He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. He was a verray, parftt, gentil knyght. '59 Sentence Structure The variety of sentence structure corresponds... | |
 | Mann - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 356 pages
...surprising though it may seem as part of a military ideal: And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. (69-71) Meekness and courteous speech are also characteristics for which Watriquet praises the constable... | |
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And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. 
