Poems of Chaucer: Selections from His Earlier and Later WorksMacmillan, 1911 - 257 pages |
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... give , in a begin- ner's book , an adequate introduction to the minor poems as well as to Chaucer's masterpiece . So far as possible , complete poems have been chosen , or parts of poems having distinct unity in themselves . The ...
... give , in a begin- ner's book , an adequate introduction to the minor poems as well as to Chaucer's masterpiece . So far as possible , complete poems have been chosen , or parts of poems having distinct unity in themselves . The ...
Page xiv
... gives us knowledge of his importance , for when he was ransomed in March , 1360 , the king himself contributed £ 16 , equal to £ 240 now , or about $ 1200 . Besides , during the peace negotiations at Calais , in 1360 , Chaucer carried ...
... gives us knowledge of his importance , for when he was ransomed in March , 1360 , the king himself contributed £ 16 , equal to £ 240 now , or about $ 1200 . Besides , during the peace negotiations at Calais , in 1360 , Chaucer carried ...
Page xx
... give hint of serious application in so young a man.1 21. The year 1369 presented to Chaucer what must have seemed a great opportunity . The plague spared neither high nor low . In August it carried off Queen Philippa , and , on ...
... give hint of serious application in so young a man.1 21. The year 1369 presented to Chaucer what must have seemed a great opportunity . The plague spared neither high nor low . In August it carried off Queen Philippa , and , on ...
Page xxvi
... in 1386 , and punished them severely . That Chaucer might be interested in such pun- ishment , his own misfortunes of 1386 , and the prospect of " returning prosperity with power in the king's hands , give xxvi INTRODUCTION.
... in 1386 , and punished them severely . That Chaucer might be interested in such pun- ishment , his own misfortunes of 1386 , and the prospect of " returning prosperity with power in the king's hands , give xxvi INTRODUCTION.
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... give fullest evidence . As we know , he immediately profited by the king's action . 32. In 1391 he began a Treatise on the Astrolabe , an astronomical instrument of the time , rude from our point of view , but then very valuable for ...
... give fullest evidence . As we know , he immediately profited by the king's action . 32. In 1391 he began a Treatise on the Astrolabe , an astronomical instrument of the time , rude from our point of view , but then very valuable for ...
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adjectives Æneid agayn al-so Allas anon blisful Boethius broght Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer Chauntecleer Consolation of Philosophy dative dede doon doun drede dremes dryve Duchess English eyen felawe foul French fynde Gaunt goddes goon grene grete hath herte hire hond House of Fame inflected interj John of Gaunt king Knight's Tale kynde kyng litel lord lyve Monk's Tale mordre myghte no-thyng noght noon nouns nyght oother ourę Ovid Parliament of Birds Ph.D plural poem poet prep pron pronoun quod rede rime saugh Scogan Seint seyde seye seyn shal sholde shul slayn slepe sone sorwe spak speke stanza swich syllable Tale thee ther thilke thisę thou thyng toun trewe Troilus and Criseyde trouthe tyme unto Venus verb vowel Wel koude whan withouten wolde word ΙΟ
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Page 87 - And sikerly she was of greet desport, And ful plesaunt and amyable of port, And peyned hire to countrefete cheere Of Court, and been estatlich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence.
Page 84 - In lystes thries, and ay slayn his foo. This ilke worthy knyght hadde been also Somtyme with the lord of Palatye 65 Agayn another hethen in Turkye. And everemoore he hadde a sovereyn prys; And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf unto no maner wight. He was a verray, parfit, gentil knyght.
Page 83 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche they weren, and of what degree ; 40 And eek in what array that they were inne : And at a knight than wol I first biginne.
Page 100 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 83 - A KNYGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To riden out, he loved chivalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
Page 106 - Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe. He may nat spare, althogh he were his brother; He moot as wel seye o word as another. Crist spak hymself ful brode in hooly writ, And wel ye woot no vileynye is it.
Page 82 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour. Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the night with open ye, (So priketh hem nature in hir corages), Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages...
Page 87 - Hir nose tretys ; hir eyen greye as glas ; Hir mouth ful smal, and ther-to softe and reed; But sikerly she hadde a fair forheed; It was almost a spanne brood, I trowe ; For, hardily, she was nat undergrowe.
Page 92 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre ; But al that he myghte of his freendes hente On bookes and his lernynge he it spente, 300 And bisily gan for the soules preye Of hem that yaf hym wher-with to scoleye.
Page 87 - But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte.