Geoffrey Chaucer — "He was a Reve, and a sclendre colerik man. His berd was shave as ny as ever he k…"
He was a Reve, and a sclendre colerik man. His berd was shave as ny as ever he kan.
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The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue (describing the Reeve's irritable and meticulous nature)
Date: c. 1387-1400
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