The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... wolde or wold ' , sholde or shold ' , all ' or rarely ( except in rime ) allė . III . CONSONANTS . Consonants may be pronounced as in modern English , except that r should be strongly trilled , and h and g followed by a consonant ...
... wolde or wold ' , sholde or shold ' , all ' or rarely ( except in rime ) allė . III . CONSONANTS . Consonants may be pronounced as in modern English , except that r should be strongly trilled , and h and g followed by a consonant ...
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... wolde demen that ye tellen sholde A tale next , if so were that ye wolde . Now wol ye vouchesauf , my lady deere ? " 1 Never , to my knowledge , has our downright E lish tongue been more deferential . No wonder lady Prioresse smiled and ...
... wolde demen that ye tellen sholde A tale next , if so were that ye wolde . Now wol ye vouchesauf , my lady deere ? " 1 Never , to my knowledge , has our downright E lish tongue been more deferential . No wonder lady Prioresse smiled and ...
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... wolde wepe , if that she sawe a mous 145 Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , or milk and wastel breed . But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed , Or if men ...
... wolde wepe , if that she sawe a mous 145 Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes hadde she , that she fedde With rosted flesh , or milk and wastel breed . But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed , Or if men ...
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... wolde he spare . I seigh his sleves purfiled at the hond With grys , and that the fyneste of a lond ; 195 And , for to festne his hood under his chyn , He hadde of gold wroght a ful curious pyn : A love - knot in the gretter ende ther ...
... wolde he spare . I seigh his sleves purfiled at the hond With grys , and that the fyneste of a lond ; 195 And , for to festne his hood under his chyn , He hadde of gold wroght a ful curious pyn : A love - knot in the gretter ende ther ...
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... wolde he have a ferthyng , er he wente . His purchas was wel bettre than his rente . And rage he coude as it were right a whelpe In love - dayes ther coude he mochel helpe . For ther he was nat lyk a cloisterer , 260 With a thredbare ...
... wolde he have a ferthyng , er he wente . His purchas was wel bettre than his rente . And rage he coude as it were right a whelpe In love - dayes ther coude he mochel helpe . For ther he was nat lyk a cloisterer , 260 With a thredbare ...
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