The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... appears in 1357 as a page in the service of Elizabeth , wife of Prince Lionel of Clarence . In such a position he had to serve deftly at table , help about the rooms , errand boy , now as chamberlain , - be cheerful and tactful with his ...
... appears in 1357 as a page in the service of Elizabeth , wife of Prince Lionel of Clarence . In such a position he had to serve deftly at table , help about the rooms , errand boy , now as chamberlain , - be cheerful and tactful with his ...
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... appears that before 1386 he had given up his quarters over Aldgate and moved down the Thames to Greenwich , for in that year he sat in Parliament as a knight of the shire for Kent . In the autumn of this year , Thomas of Gloucester ...
... appears that before 1386 he had given up his quarters over Aldgate and moved down the Thames to Greenwich , for in that year he sat in Parliament as a knight of the shire for Kent . In the autumn of this year , Thomas of Gloucester ...
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... appears desirable to treat the order of Chaucer's works , a chapter which is based chiefly upon ingenious conjecture , apart from the perfectly authenticated annals of his official life . The dates of his most im- portant works rest ...
... appears desirable to treat the order of Chaucer's works , a chapter which is based chiefly upon ingenious conjecture , apart from the perfectly authenticated annals of his official life . The dates of his most im- portant works rest ...
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... appears to be certain , that Chaucer passed through two imitative periods before arriving at full independ ence . He certainly began under the influence of the French literature of his time , and wrote for some years under the ...
... appears to be certain , that Chaucer passed through two imitative periods before arriving at full independ ence . He certainly began under the influence of the French literature of his time , and wrote for some years under the ...
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... appear in his poem the Boke of the Duchesse , written in the autumn or winter of 1369 , as a lament for the death of the Duchess Blanche of Lancaster , wife of John of Gaunt . The poem is cast in the form of a dream , and , in spite of ...
... appear in his poem the Boke of the Duchesse , written in the autumn or winter of 1369 , as a lament for the death of the Duchess Blanche of Lancaster , wife of John of Gaunt . The poem is cast in the form of a dream , and , in spite of ...
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The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales Frank Jewett Mather,Geoffrey Chaucer No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 11 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?
Page 1 - And sikerly she was of greet disport, And ful plesaunt, and amiable of port, And peyned hir to countrefete chere Of court, and been estatlich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence.
Page 7 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 11 - Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace, That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?
Page 7 - For sothe he was a worthy man with-alle, But sooth to seyn, I noot how men him calle. A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That un-to logik hadde longe y-go.