Poems of Chaucer: Selections from His Earlier and Later WorksMacmillan, 1911 - 257 pages |
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Page xii
... took signifi- cant stand against foreign priests and excessive papal taxes . Still further , the first Reformation may be dated from 1374 , when Wycliff asserted himself against foreign domination in religion . In 1378 England sided ...
... took signifi- cant stand against foreign priests and excessive papal taxes . Still further , the first Reformation may be dated from 1374 , when Wycliff asserted himself against foreign domination in religion . In 1378 England sided ...
Page xv
... John of Gaunt , and he was made Comptroller of Customs on wool and hides in London . He now took a house at Aldgate , in which he probably resided for the next ten years or more . In 1376 he was employed CHAUCER THE MAN XV.
... John of Gaunt , and he was made Comptroller of Customs on wool and hides in London . He now took a house at Aldgate , in which he probably resided for the next ten years or more . In 1376 he was employed CHAUCER THE MAN XV.
Page xvii
... year 1369 ; equally certain that the Parliament of Birds belongs to 1381 , or within a year of that date , and that the Canterbury Tales , on coming of age , Richard took the rule from xviii INTRODUCTION The Works of Chaucer.
... year 1369 ; equally certain that the Parliament of Birds belongs to 1381 , or within a year of that date , and that the Canterbury Tales , on coming of age , Richard took the rule from xviii INTRODUCTION The Works of Chaucer.
Page xviii
... took the rule from the commis- sion which had controlled him , and the poet profited by this fact . He was soon made Clerk of the King's Works , with a salary of £ 36 10s . a year , equal to nearly £ 550 to - day , or about $ 2700 . The ...
... took the rule from the commis- sion which had controlled him , and the poet profited by this fact . He was soon made Clerk of the King's Works , with a salary of £ 36 10s . a year , equal to nearly £ 550 to - day , or about $ 2700 . The ...
Page xxi
... took him to Italy and had important literary relations . His acquaintance at this time with the works of the great Italian writers , Dante , Boccaccio , and Petrarch , formed an epoch in his life . For it is assumed that Chaucer's ...
... took him to Italy and had important literary relations . His acquaintance at this time with the works of the great Italian writers , Dante , Boccaccio , and Petrarch , formed an epoch in his life . For it is assumed that Chaucer's ...
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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.