The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading . 60 , 61. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers . 62. Fiske's War of Independence . 63. Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride , etc. 64-66 . Lambs ' Tales from Shakespeare . 67. Shakespeare's Jul ' is ...
... Verse and Prose for Beginners in Reading . 60 , 61. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers . 62. Fiske's War of Independence . 63. Longfellow's Paul Revere's Ride , etc. 64-66 . Lambs ' Tales from Shakespeare . 67. Shakespeare's Jul ' is ...
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... verse ; in fact in this whole period he was on a side - track , and his real progress was to come only after retracing his steps , and making a fresh start . In the chaotic state of English litera- ture , it was , however , no little ...
... verse ; in fact in this whole period he was on a side - track , and his real progress was to come only after retracing his steps , and making a fresh start . In the chaotic state of English litera- ture , it was , however , no little ...
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... verse , and of finely terse de- scription , for the great English poet lacked utterly the saeva indignatio , as he did the sublime sweetness of the great Italian . Probably the first effect of Italian literature on Chaucer was rather to ...
... verse , and of finely terse de- scription , for the great English poet lacked utterly the saeva indignatio , as he did the sublime sweetness of the great Italian . Probably the first effect of Italian literature on Chaucer was rather to ...
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... verse . be useful : - Book I. proves that lack of self - knowledge is the cause of all human ill- a Socratic doctrine . Book II . displays the nature of fortune and proves that her favors are uncertain and unsatis- factory . Book III ...
... verse . be useful : - Book I. proves that lack of self - knowledge is the cause of all human ill- a Socratic doctrine . Book II . displays the nature of fortune and proves that her favors are uncertain and unsatis- factory . Book III ...
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... verse , finally The Hous of Fame , with all this constitutes its hints of a new critical attitude not only a notable series of literary experiments , but also presents to us the poet in more varied and interest- ing lights than even the ...
... verse , finally The Hous of Fame , with all this constitutes its hints of a new critical attitude not only a notable series of literary experiments , but also presents to us the poet in more varied and interest- ing lights than even the ...
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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.