bookshelves: art-forms, britain-england, e-book, gutenberg-project, spring-2013 Read on April 09, 2013 Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages,And palmers for to seeken strangé strands,To ferme halwes knowthe in sundry landsAnd specially from every shirés endOf Engéland, to Canterbury they wend,T...
Then longen folk to go on pilgrimages,And palmers for to seeken strangé strands,To ferme halwes knowthe in sundry landsAnd specially from every shirés endOf Engéland, to Canterbury they wend,The holy, blissful martyr for to seekThat them hath holpen when that they were sick." - CHAUCEROpening: It wa...
"…and so at noon with Sir Thomas Allen, and Sir Edward Scott and Lord Carlingford, to the Spanish Ambassador's, where I dined the first time…. And here was an Oxford scholar, in a Doctor of Laws' gowne…. And by and by he and I to talk; and the company very merry at my defending Cambridge against Oxf...
Since Brazilliant spotted Beautiful Britain: The Channel Islands, there is upon searching Gutenberg's shelves, quite a few titles by this lovely artist. This sandy beach, lapped by the blue waves of Runswick Bay, is one of the finest and most spectacular spots to be found on the rocky coast-line of ...