The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... , and leather , for the port of London . The duties of this important office removed him from the con- here of the court . Now his days were 1 Joy in the watching of tricky tradesmen and in the valua tion. INTRODUCTION.
... , and leather , for the port of London . The duties of this important office removed him from the con- here of the court . Now his days were 1 Joy in the watching of tricky tradesmen and in the valua tion. INTRODUCTION.
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... court and knowledge of affairs ; travel , and an ardent love of books ; and we have the outline of a life singularly rich in all the raw materials of poetry . It shall be our pleasant task to retrace this life as it expressed itself in ...
... court and knowledge of affairs ; travel , and an ardent love of books ; and we have the outline of a life singularly rich in all the raw materials of poetry . It shall be our pleasant task to retrace this life as it expressed itself in ...
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... court . These poems had certain common qualities : first , they were frequently cast in the form of a dream or vision : second , seldom presenting characters from real life , their dramatis personce was usually made up of abstract ...
... court . These poems had certain common qualities : first , they were frequently cast in the form of a dream or vision : second , seldom presenting characters from real life , their dramatis personce was usually made up of abstract ...
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... court and camp , a life that he , being Chaucer , must already have observed saga- ciously and sympathetically . When Chaucer went to Italy in the winter of 1372-73 , he was well past thirty , - past the The Italian period ( 1373 or ...
... court and camp , a life that he , being Chaucer , must already have observed saga- ciously and sympathetically . When Chaucer went to Italy in the winter of 1372-73 , he was well past thirty , - past the The Italian period ( 1373 or ...
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... court in 1385 , A a later revised version made after the queen's death in 1394 , with the omission and alteration of matter personal to her . The chronology of the versions was definitely fixed by Ten Brink , Englische St. xvii , 13 ...
... court in 1385 , A a later revised version made after the queen's death in 1394 , with the omission and alteration of matter personal to her . The chronology of the versions was definitely fixed by Ten Brink , Englische St. xvii , 13 ...
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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.