The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... less grea No other theory than that of decaying faculties wi account for that curious document the " Retractions , appended to the Canterbury Tales . Imagine a poe easily the greatest of his day and conscious of his ow worth , disowning ...
... less grea No other theory than that of decaying faculties wi account for that curious document the " Retractions , appended to the Canterbury Tales . Imagine a poe easily the greatest of his day and conscious of his ow worth , disowning ...
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... less renders unforgettable its bigness and redness . • · · — At the risk of repetition we must insist that Chau cer seldom tries gradually to build up a character that he could have done so Chriseyde is abundar ! proof . His method then ...
... less renders unforgettable its bigness and redness . • · · — At the risk of repetition we must insist that Chau cer seldom tries gradually to build up a character that he could have done so Chriseyde is abundar ! proof . His method then ...
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... the plot so printed . Thus the general relations of the two poems are presented at a glance . The right - hand columr of notes on Chaucer's use of the Italian material S S S е g names no less than twoscore of. Ixii THE CANTERBURY TALES.
... the plot so printed . Thus the general relations of the two poems are presented at a glance . The right - hand columr of notes on Chaucer's use of the Italian material S S S е g names no less than twoscore of. Ixii THE CANTERBURY TALES.
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... less than half ( 11. 604-1022 the verses Boccaccio needs fo this part of the narrative . Chaucer describes here the building of a noble theatre , - ir the Teseide no special theatre is built for the occasion , -taking the descriptions ...
... less than half ( 11. 604-1022 the verses Boccaccio needs fo this part of the narrative . Chaucer describes here the building of a noble theatre , - ir the Teseide no special theatre is built for the occasion , -taking the descriptions ...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Frank Jewett Mather. S S е g names no less than twoscore of them , often describing them elabo- rately and enumerating their pos- sessions . Teseo , the queen , and Emilia receive them courte- ously , and the time passes ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Frank Jewett Mather. S S е g names no less than twoscore of them , often describing them elabo- rately and enumerating their pos- sessions . Teseo , the queen , and Emilia receive them courte- ously , and the time passes ...
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