The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text with Illustrative Notes, Volume 1Percy Society, 1847 - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages |
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Page xiii
... clerk of the king's works at the palace of Westminster , the Tower of London , the castle of Berkhemstead , and the royal manors of Kennington , Eltham , Clarendon , Sheen , Byfleet , Childern Langley , and Feckenham , at the royal ...
... clerk of the king's works at the palace of Westminster , the Tower of London , the castle of Berkhemstead , and the royal manors of Kennington , Eltham , Clarendon , Sheen , Byfleet , Childern Langley , and Feckenham , at the royal ...
Page xiv
... clerk of the receipt of the exchequer , who is supposed to have been a relation of the " frere John Somere , " whose calendar is mentioned in Chaucer's treatise on the Astrolabe . Chaucer is stated , and with probable correctness , in ...
... clerk of the receipt of the exchequer , who is supposed to have been a relation of the " frere John Somere , " whose calendar is mentioned in Chaucer's treatise on the Astrolabe . Chaucer is stated , and with probable correctness , in ...
Page xxi
... Clerk , the Merchant , and the Squier , formed another por- tion . This latter portion appears to have been left unfinished , for the Squieres Tale breaks off abruptly in the middle , which is the more to be regretted , as it is one of ...
... Clerk , the Merchant , and the Squier , formed another por- tion . This latter portion appears to have been left unfinished , for the Squieres Tale breaks off abruptly in the middle , which is the more to be regretted , as it is one of ...
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... CLERK ther was of Oxenford also , That unto logik hadde longe i - go . Al so lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat , I undertake ; But lokede holwe , and therto soburly . Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy , For ...
... CLERK ther was of Oxenford also , That unto logik hadde longe i - go . Al so lene was his hors as is a rake , And he was not right fat , I undertake ; But lokede holwe , and therto soburly . Ful thredbare was his overest courtepy , For ...
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... clerk , That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche . His parischens devoutly wold he teche . Benigne he was , and wondur diligent , And in adversité ful pacient : And such he was i - proved ofte sithes . Ful loth were him to curse for his ...
... clerk , That Cristes gospel truly wolde preche . His parischens devoutly wold he teche . Benigne he was , and wondur diligent , And in adversité ful pacient : And such he was i - proved ofte sithes . Ful loth were him to curse for his ...
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