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What thee is sent, receive in buxomness;* *submission The wrestling of this world asketh a fall; Here is no home, here is but wilderness.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing

That thee is sent receive in buxomness; The wrestling of this world asketh a fall.

From Chaucer by Ward, Adolphus William, Sir

Her mass of fair hair—her ruddy cheeks—her blue eyes and her thick strong body, gave her the appearance of youthful buxomness.

From A Village of Vagabonds by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)