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... lines in the Blaunche about his hopeless love , which are referred to above , are in answer to the question why he cannot sleep at night . ' Trewly as I gesse , I hold it be a sickënes That I have suffred this eight yere ; And yet my ...
... lines in the Blaunche about his hopeless love , which are referred to above , are in answer to the question why he cannot sleep at night . ' Trewly as I gesse , I hold it be a sickënes That I have suffred this eight yere ; And yet my ...
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... lines , by Guillaume de Louis ( 1200-1230 ) , and the Sequel , of 18,002 lines , by Jean de Meung , written nearly half a The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories related by b 2 INTRODUCTION . xix Though Chaucer was so ...
... lines , by Guillaume de Louis ( 1200-1230 ) , and the Sequel , of 18,002 lines , by Jean de Meung , written nearly half a The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories related by b 2 INTRODUCTION . xix Though Chaucer was so ...
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... lines , and of course affords space for a very spirited and graphic portrayal of the physical aspect , and an outline of the moral features of each . The latter part of the description is generally more rapidly sketched , because it was ...
... lines , and of course affords space for a very spirited and graphic portrayal of the physical aspect , and an outline of the moral features of each . The latter part of the description is generally more rapidly sketched , because it was ...
Page xxv
... lines , he has only translated 270 ( less than one - eighth ) from Boccaccio ; only 374 more lines bear a general likeness to Boccaccio ; and only 132 more a slight like- ness . ' ( Furnivall , Temporary Preface to Six - Text Edition of ...
... lines , he has only translated 270 ( less than one - eighth ) from Boccaccio ; only 374 more lines bear a general likeness to Boccaccio ; and only 132 more a slight like- ness . ' ( Furnivall , Temporary Preface to Six - Text Edition of ...
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... lines , ' Dou Coc et dou Werpil , ' in the poems of Marie of France , which is amplified in the fifth chapter of the old French metrical Roman de Renart , entitled ' Se comme Renart prist Chantecler le Coc . ' Chaucer's English , like ...
... lines , ' Dou Coc et dou Werpil , ' in the poems of Marie of France , which is amplified in the fifth chapter of the old French metrical Roman de Renart , entitled ' Se comme Renart prist Chantecler le Coc . ' Chaucer's English , like ...
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