The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... syllables as appear to be required by the verse , he has something that assuredly is neither old nor modern English ; while he will encounter the further difficulty that a good half the rimes are false : in the first six lines he must ...
... syllables as appear to be required by the verse , he has something that assuredly is neither old nor modern English ; while he will encounter the further difficulty that a good half the rimes are false : in the first six lines he must ...
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... syllables , or eleven when the rime is double , and the even syllables usually bear the stresses : " At nýght was cóm into that hostelrye . " Prol . 1. 23 . Ibid . 1. 43 . ( 6 ) But the stress frequently falls on the first Instead of ...
... syllables , or eleven when the rime is double , and the even syllables usually bear the stresses : " At nýght was cóm into that hostelrye . " Prol . 1. 23 . Ibid . 1. 43 . ( 6 ) But the stress frequently falls on the first Instead of ...
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... syllable , accordi to the requirement of the metre : so honour or hono lábour or laboúr , náture or natúre : — " So priketh them natúre in hir corages . " Prologue , 1. 11 " And certeinly ther nature wol nat wirche . " Knight's Tale , 1 ...
... syllable , accordi to the requirement of the metre : so honour or hono lábour or laboúr , náture or natúre : — " So priketh them natúre in hir corages . " Prologue , 1. 11 " And certeinly ther nature wol nat wirche . " Knight's Tale , 1 ...
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... syllables , -ýë : - " A Frankeleyn was in his compaignýë ; Whit was his berd , as is the dayesýë . " Otherwise the final e is silent . Prologue , 1. 382 . VIII . EXTRA SYLLABLES . Usually two unaccented syllables may not stand together ...
... syllables , -ýë : - " A Frankeleyn was in his compaignýë ; Whit was his berd , as is the dayesýë . " Otherwise the final e is silent . Prologue , 1. 382 . VIII . EXTRA SYLLABLES . Usually two unaccented syllables may not stand together ...
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... syllable , e fo silent e , two syllables for one . Lines 1 and might be read with the first stress on the second sy lable , though the scansion indicated seems preferable The voice really hesitates between two syllables , an this is ...
... syllable , e fo silent e , two syllables for one . Lines 1 and might be read with the first stress on the second sy lable , though the scansion indicated seems preferable The voice really hesitates between two syllables , an this is ...
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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?
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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.