For if thou therfor wenest thy-self nat weleful, for thinges that tho semeden ioyful ben passed, ther nis nat why thou sholdest wene thy-self a wrecche; for thinges that semen now sorye passen also.
Is this the librarie whiche that thou haddest chosen for a right 10 certein sete to thee in myn hous, ther-as thou desputedest ofte with me of the sciences of thinges touchinge divinitee and touchinge mankinde?
Arcite is cold, ther Mars his soule gye; 2815 Now wol I speken forth of Emelye.
Severity against those who are outside her fold is against her principles.
In spite of this notorious disfavour, he has been associated with the excesses of the religious wars.
FN#385] I need hardly note that "Voices from the other world" are a lieu commun of so-called Spiritualism.
That hye on horse willeth ryde In glitterand golde of grete aray, I-paynted and portred all in pryde; 135 No commun knight may go so gay.
Suche lawes they make bycommun assent, Ech on it choweth as a ball; Thus the pore be fully shent, But ever falshed foule it +fall!
The king, which wolde his honour save, 2370 Whan he hath herd the commun vois, Hath granted hem here oghne chois And tok hem therupon the keie.
Him thenkth that to his covoitise Hou al the world ne mai suffise, For be his wille he wolde have alle, If that it mihte so befalle: Thus is he commun as the Strete, I sette noght of his beyete.
It is not unknawin to all men of jugement, that the fruitis of our cuntrey, in the maist commun yeiris, be na mair than sufficient reassonabill to nureis the borne inhabitantis of the same.
Quenis Grace Dowriare, to talk or commun with hir for any letter without consent of the rest and commone consultatioun.
Pardon me, I mean that your salary suffers in proportion as the Sens Commun declines in sale.
Aussi n'y a-t-il rien de sicommun que de voir les morts ensevelis en robe de moines, et conduits ainsi a leur derniere demeure a visage decouvert.
But I dare say he has done well for his own interests; I doubt if Le Sens Commun can much longer hold its ground in the midst of the prevalent lunacy.
Two detachments of the 38th Brigade marched on Bois Commun and Bellegarde, but everywhere those inquisitive reconnaissances were met by very superior numbers of the enemy.
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