His eyen twinkled in his heed aright As doon the sterres in the frosty nyght.
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Friar's twinkling eyes, adding to his lively but questionable character)
c. 1387-1400
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"His palfrey was as broun as is a berye."
Strange & Unusual"For in this world, certein, no wight there is, That he ne hath som favour in his sight."
Controversial"If gold ruste, what shal iren do?"
Strange & Unusual"The Wife of Bath... had set widely 'gap-teeth'."
Humorous"The Miller's prominent feature was his nose with 'a wart on which there stood a tuft of hair Red as the bristles in an old sow's ear'."
Humorous