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... story runs , as time went on and the monks became absorbed in their own interests , the treasure was forgotten , until in King Arthur's days ( sixth century A.D. ) no one knew what had become of it . St. Joseph revealed in a vision to a ...
... story runs , as time went on and the monks became absorbed in their own interests , the treasure was forgotten , until in King Arthur's days ( sixth century A.D. ) no one knew what had become of it . St. Joseph revealed in a vision to a ...
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... stories ; each pilgrim is to tell two on the way there and two on the way back ; and the teller of the best story is to be entertained at supper at the cost of all the other pilgrims on their return to the Tabard . Of these stories only ...
... stories ; each pilgrim is to tell two on the way there and two on the way back ; and the teller of the best story is to be entertained at supper at the cost of all the other pilgrims on their return to the Tabard . Of these stories only ...
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... story is continually re- appearing in a slightly different version , as it was recast by the fancy of the reciter to suit his audience and his occasion . Then , it is a literature which belongs to no individual authors ; it is the ...
... story is continually re- appearing in a slightly different version , as it was recast by the fancy of the reciter to suit his audience and his occasion . Then , it is a literature which belongs to no individual authors ; it is the ...
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