John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
48 Geoffrey Chauer 1340-1400 John Bartlett
NUMBER: | 48 |
AUTHOR: | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340–1400) |
QUOTATION: | Eke wonder last but nine deies never in toun. 1 |
ATTRIBUTION: | Troilus and Creseide. Book iv. Line 525. |
Note 1. This wonder lasted nine daies.—John Heywood: Proverbes, part ii. chap. i. [back] |