Famous quotes containing the word maken:
“But, though myself be gilty in that sinne,
Yet can I maken other folk to twinne
From avaryce, and sore to repente.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)
“Thou saist that dropping houses and eek smoke
And chiding wives maken men to flee
Out of hir owene hous: a, benedicite,
What aileth swich an old man for to chide?”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)