If Gower could not 'invent' such common poetical talk, he had small business to write at all.
As life offers us no positive good, those who, in spite of this obvious fact, desire it, must make the best of such negative advantages as are within their grasp.
Human pleasures, whatever their origin, are limited in degree by man's capacity for enjoyment; and this is an inborn gift, varying in different individuals but unchanging in each.
And whan I felte I was aqueynt 3080 With Bialacoil, and so prive, I wende al at my wille had be.
And eek to this avow I wol me binde: My berd, myn heer that hongeth long adoun, 2415 That never yet ne felte offensioun Of rasour nor of shere, I wol thee yive, And ben thy trewe servant whyl I live.
And whan this syke man felte this frere Aboute his tuwel grope there and here, (440) Amidde his hand he leet the frere a fart.
Him semed that he felte his herte colde; Up to the hevene his handes he gan holde, And on his knowes bare he sette him doun, 1025 And in his raving seyde his orisoun.
This Palamoun, that thoughte that thurgh his herte He felte a cold swerd sodeynliche glyde, 1575 For ire he quook, no lenger wolde he byde.
Loke of Egipt the king, daun Pharao, His bakere and his boteler also, Wher they ne felte noon effect in dremes.
And herwithal I gan to stere, And he me in his feet to bere, (60) Til that he felte that I had hete, And felte eek tho myn herte bete.
That renewals of beer-house licences before 1879 should be placed on the same footing as those of public-houses.
But during this long time, either of them hauing loste their consolacion, began to feele such torment within themselues, as shee for her part neuer felte the like.
Afterwards vpon the viewe of his wrytinges and letters, seing him to be so chaunged and altered from his accustomed stile, what tormentes then she suffred, they doe knowe that haue felte and tasted the bitter cup of like passions.
And therwith-al Criseyde anoon he kiste, 1275 Of which, certeyn, she felteno disese.
But than fel to this Troylus such wo, That he was wel neigh wood; for ay his drede Was this, that she som wight had loved so, 500 That never of him she wolde have taken hede; For whiche him thoughte he felte his herte blede.
Criseyde, which that feltehir thus y-take, As writen clerkes in hir bokes olde, Right as an aspes leef she gan to quake, 1200 Whan she him felte hir in his armes folde.
But I, that never felte in my servyse A frendly chere or loking of an ye, Lat me thus wepe and wayle, til I dye.
His olde wo, that made his herte swelte, Gan tho for Ioye wasten and to-melte, And al the richesse of his sykes sore At ones fledde, he felte of hem no more.
This troublous state, all Regions and common wealthes, haue felte in open sedicions and tumul- tes, raised by theim, it is a plagued and pestiferous kinde of gouernemente.
For which cause his hart began to throbbe, andfelte a desire to see his doughter, and to cherishe her with like affection, as thoughe he had neuer conceiued offence and displeasure.
Who yelded him selfe suche a praie to his darling Hyerenee, that he felte none other contentation in his mynde but that whiche he receiued of her.
But the Princesse on the other part, felte a maruellous trouble in her minde, and almoste repented that she had so hardely made Alerane to come into a place vndecent for her honour, and at a time so inconuenient.
I smel the foulest stenche, that euer I felte in all my life.
Adelfred, of the stowe of Leigh, Felte a dire arrowe burnynge in his breste; Before he dyd, he sente hys spear awaie, Thenne sunke to glorie and eternal reste.
Erie Leofwinus throwghe the campe ypass'd, And sawe bothe men and erlies on the grounde; They slepte, as thoughe they woulde have slepte theyr last, And hadd alreadie felte theyr fatale wounde.
The lyon fell deed to the grounde: Rycharde felte no wem[511], ne wounde.
But al for nought; he nolde his cause pleyne, 1230 But seyde, he felte a grevous maladye A-boute his herte, and fayn he wolde dye.
Of other passioun than that they wende, 705 So that she felte almost hir herte deye For wo, and wery of that companye.
He felte he nas but deed, For wrooth was she that shulde his sorwes lighte.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "felte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
