Gret Quotes
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I that in heill wes and gladnes Am trublit now with
gret seiknes And feblit with
infermite: Timor mortis
conturbat me.
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I that in heill wes and gladness,Am trublit now with gret seiknes,And feblit with infermité;Timor mortis conturbat me.Our plesance heir is all vane glory,This fals warld is bot transitory,The flesche is brukle, the Fend is sle;Timor mortis conturbat me.
william dunbar— "The Lament for the Makars", line 1
And for ther is so gret diversite In Englissh and in writyng of oure tonge, So prey I God that non myswrite the, Ne the mysmetre for defaute of tonge; And red wherso thow be, or elles songe, That thow be understonde, God I biseche!
Geoffrey Chaucer— Book 5, line 1793-1798.
I du believe with all my soul In the gret Press's freedom, To pint the people to the goal An' in the traces lead 'em.
james russell lowell— No. 6, st. 7.
Wut's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal; Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the gret prize o' death in battle?
james russell lowell— No. 10. (Series II (1866))
For love is mor than gold or gret richesse; Gold faileth ofte; love wol abyde.
john lydgate— The Siege of Thebes, pt. 3, line 2716.
Ek gret effect men write in place lite; Th'entente is al, and nat the lettres space.
Geoffrey Chaucer— c.1385 Troilus and Criseyde, bk.5, l.1629-30.
