The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... Story . 7 , 8 , 9. Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair . 10. Hawthorne's Biographical Series . 11. Longfellow's Children's Hour , etc. 13 , 14. Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha . 15. Lowell's Under the Old Elm , etc. 80. Coleridge's Ancient ...
... Story . 7 , 8 , 9. Hawthorne's Grandfather's Chair . 10. Hawthorne's Biographical Series . 11. Longfellow's Children's Hour , etc. 13 , 14. Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha . 15. Lowell's Under the Old Elm , etc. 80. Coleridge's Ancient ...
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... story came to the Eng- lish poet as follows : Chriseyde remains in Troy as a hostage . Prince Troilus , hitherto a scoffer at love , falls desperately in love with her , and through the aid of Pandarus , her cousin and his confidant ...
... story came to the Eng- lish poet as follows : Chriseyde remains in Troy as a hostage . Prince Troilus , hitherto a scoffer at love , falls desperately in love with her , and through the aid of Pandarus , her cousin and his confidant ...
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... story is suggested in the frag- ment left to us . Arcite has won the love of Anelida only to betray her , and she complains bitterly of her sad lot . The poem , then , promised to be a companion piece to Troilus , treating of a man's ...
... story is suggested in the frag- ment left to us . Arcite has won the love of Anelida only to betray her , and she complains bitterly of her sad lot . The poem , then , promised to be a companion piece to Troilus , treating of a man's ...
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... story in the form of a dream . It is Saint Valentine's Day , and the birds gather in full parlia- ment to pass upon a case of love . The Royal Eagle and two of lower kind dispute the hand of a Formel ( female ) Eagle . The case is ...
... story in the form of a dream . It is Saint Valentine's Day , and the birds gather in full parlia- ment to pass upon a case of love . The Royal Eagle and two of lower kind dispute the hand of a Formel ( female ) Eagle . The case is ...
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... story of the Eneid ; in seeking parallels for Æneas ' treach- ery to Dido , Chaucer mentions many famous betrayers of women , and their victims- a list we shall meet again in the Legende of Good Women . In the second part , the author ...
... story of the Eneid ; in seeking parallels for Æneas ' treach- ery to Dido , Chaucer mentions many famous betrayers of women , and their victims- a list we shall meet again in the Legende of Good Women . In the second part , the author ...
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