Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 pages |
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... he has given us is being regarded as of mere dry philo- logical value , and that his splendid power of char- acterisation and the fascinating interest which , as a story - teller , he is able to command 4 CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE .
... he has given us is being regarded as of mere dry philo- logical value , and that his splendid power of char- acterisation and the fascinating interest which , as a story - teller , he is able to command 4 CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY PILGRIMAGE .
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Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder. a story - teller , he is able to command , are being largely lost sight of . It has therefore been my object to try to present a free translation of the Prologue , and sketches of the several tales , and ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder. a story - teller , he is able to command , are being largely lost sight of . It has therefore been my object to try to present a free translation of the Prologue , and sketches of the several tales , and ...
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... . Another NONNÉ with hire haddé sche , That was hire chapéleyne , and PRESTÉS thre . A MONK ther was , a fair for the maistrie , An out - rydere , that lovede venerye ; + A imanly man , to ben an abbot able THE PROLOGUE . 27.
... . Another NONNÉ with hire haddé sche , That was hire chapéleyne , and PRESTÉS thre . A MONK ther was , a fair for the maistrie , An out - rydere , that lovede venerye ; + A imanly man , to ben an abbot able THE PROLOGUE . 27.
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Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder. + A imanly man , to ben an abbot able . Ful many a deynté hors hadde he in stable : And whan he rood , men mighte his bridel heere Gynglen in a whistlyng wynd as cleere And eek as lowde as doth the ...
Geoffrey Chaucer, William Calder. + A imanly man , to ben an abbot able . Ful many a deynté hors hadde he in stable : And whan he rood , men mighte his bridel heere Gynglen in a whistlyng wynd as cleere And eek as lowde as doth the ...
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... able for to helpen al a schire In any caas that mighté falle or happe ; And yit this maunciple sette here aller cappe . The REEVE was a sklendre colerik man , His berd was schave as neigh as evere he can . His heer was by his eres ful ...
... able for to helpen al a schire In any caas that mighté falle or happe ; And yit this maunciple sette here aller cappe . The REEVE was a sklendre colerik man , His berd was schave as neigh as evere he can . His heer was by his eres ful ...
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