He knew the tavernes wel in every toun / And every hostiler and tappestere / Bet than a lazar or a beggestere.
Canterbury Tales
General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales, describing the Friar's preference for taverns and bartenders over the sick and beggars, a cynical subversion of his religious role.
c. 1387-1400
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"His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght."
Humorous"Wel koude he rede a lessoun or a storie, / But al above that he koude singe."
Strange & Unusual"A good felawe, ye, a verray charitee!"
Strange & Unusual"And yet he was but of litel stature."
Strange & Unusual"Ther is no difference, by my fey, Bitwixe a wys man and a fool, but this: The fool is glad, and the wys man is sorweful."
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