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Geoffrey Chaucer Richard Morris. ENGLISH CLASSICS CHAUCER MORRIS a London MACMILLAN AND CO . OXF ORD DON DOM MINA Clarendon Press Series .
Geoffrey Chaucer Richard Morris. ENGLISH CLASSICS CHAUCER MORRIS a London MACMILLAN AND CO . OXF ORD DON DOM MINA Clarendon Press Series .
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... of the Council of the Philological Society . THIRD EDITION Oxford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M DCCC LXXII [ All rights reserved ] HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Sep 10,1446 Estate Z INTRODUCTION . EVENTFUL Clarendon Press Series CHAUCER ...
... of the Council of the Philological Society . THIRD EDITION Oxford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS M DCCC LXXII [ All rights reserved ] HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Sep 10,1446 Estate Z INTRODUCTION . EVENTFUL Clarendon Press Series CHAUCER ...
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... series of the Poets . h A mark was 13s . 4d . of our money , but the buying power of money was nearly ten times greater than at present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 17s . 2d ...
... series of the Poets . h A mark was 13s . 4d . of our money , but the buying power of money was nearly ten times greater than at present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 17s . 2d ...
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... series , which was designed to extend to at least fifty - eight tales , had been completed , criminations and recriminations of the jea- lous ecclesiastics would have exhibited the whole profession in an unenviable light . ' But Chaucer ...
... series , which was designed to extend to at least fifty - eight tales , had been completed , criminations and recriminations of the jea- lous ecclesiastics would have exhibited the whole profession in an unenviable light . ' But Chaucer ...
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... Series , iv . 292. ) • In describing the commencement of this amour , which is to be the sub- ject of the remainder of the poem , Chaucer has entirely departed from his author in three principal circumstances , and , I think , in each ...
... Series , iv . 292. ) • In describing the commencement of this amour , which is to be the sub- ject of the remainder of the poem , Chaucer has entirely departed from his author in three principal circumstances , and , I think , in each ...
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