The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... 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 gain to have adopted even ...
... 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 gain to have adopted even ...
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... whole is a graceful apologue of the courtship of the queen . King Richard had in fact two rivals , and the negotia tions for the match lasted a year . Chaucer has pre- fixed an abstract of the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero it was the book ...
... whole is a graceful apologue of the courtship of the queen . King Richard had in fact two rivals , and the negotia tions for the match lasted a year . Chaucer has pre- fixed an abstract of the Somnium Scipionis of Cicero it was the book ...
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... whole 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 ...
... whole 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 ...
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... whole restless character of the Man of Law , — " Nowher so busy a man as he ther n ' as , And yet he semed bisier than he was . ' 998 You cannot forget that the Reeve is " sclendre " when you have seen his legs through Chaucer's homely ...
... whole restless character of the Man of Law , — " Nowher so busy a man as he ther n ' as , And yet he semed bisier than he was . ' 998 You cannot forget that the Reeve is " sclendre " when you have seen his legs through Chaucer's homely ...
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... whole opus and labor of a difficult art . So a man tell his story supremely well , be he a Chaucer , an Ariosto , a La Fontaine , the question , " Where did he get it ? " troubles little the reader . He is foolish who seeks too narrowly ...
... whole opus and labor of a difficult art . So a man tell his story supremely well , be he a Chaucer , an Ariosto , a La Fontaine , the question , " Where did he get it ? " troubles little the reader . He is foolish who seeks too narrowly ...
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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.