The Prologue from Chaucer's Canterbury TalesHoughton Mifflin, 1899 - 61 pages |
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... his genius , he must be judged , or better , enjoyed primarily , as the Let xlvi Chaucer had no need to claim a title that. master of those who tell In olden times the Franch " A Knýght ther wás , and that a worthy. INTRODUCTION xlv ...
... his genius , he must be judged , or better , enjoyed primarily , as the Let xlvi Chaucer had no need to claim a title that. master of those who tell In olden times the Franch " A Knýght ther wás , and that a worthy. INTRODUCTION xlv ...
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... : — Such lines are indicated in the tout he the accent an the ini4 : -1 " passed were also Syn Márch bigán thirty dáyes and. " A Knýght ther wás , and that a worthy mán . " " Syngyng he was or flóytyng al the day . INTRODUCTION xlix.
... : — Such lines are indicated in the tout he the accent an the ini4 : -1 " passed were also Syn Márch bigán thirty dáyes and. " A Knýght ther wás , and that a worthy mán . " " Syngyng he was or flóytyng al the day . INTRODUCTION xlix.
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... worthy of his trade . Informer and prosecutor fo ecclesiastical courts , his business requires that he should know how Tom stands with Kate , that he should lear 1 D and yet the neighborhood drinks with him , and fear-. ( viii THE ...
... worthy of his trade . Informer and prosecutor fo ecclesiastical courts , his business requires that he should know how Tom stands with Kate , that he should lear 1 D and yet the neighborhood drinks with him , and fear-. ( viii THE ...
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... worthy mate most appreciative of his strutting , if doubtful of his good sense , while he enjoys her company and conver- sation with an affection only heightened by the genial irony her innocence keeps ever alert . The fox is kept in ...
... worthy mate most appreciative of his strutting , if doubtful of his good sense , while he enjoys her company and conver- sation with an affection only heightened by the genial irony her innocence keeps ever alert . The fox is kept in ...
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... worthy foe , and his only fault appears to be over- confidence . We hardly feel him as a person in the drama . We have shown that this tale of a cock shows no small study of the married state ; we refuse absolutely to draw the ...
... worthy foe , and his only fault appears to be over- confidence . We hardly feel him as a person in the drama . We have shown that this tale of a cock shows no small study of the married state ; we refuse absolutely to draw the ...
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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.