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... , shows no plea by Geffrey Stace that John Chaucer b At a cost of 7s . ( of which the paltock was 4s . ) , equal to about 5 % . of our present money . had then married the Joan de Esthalle whom they tried vi INTRODUCTION .
... , shows no plea by Geffrey Stace that John Chaucer b At a cost of 7s . ( of which the paltock was 4s . ) , equal to about 5 % . of our present money . had then married the Joan de Esthalle whom they tried vi INTRODUCTION .
Page vii
... present , with Prince Lionel , at the wedding of John of Gaunt and Lady Blanche of Lancaster , at Reading , and at the famous joustings subsequently held at London in honour of the event . d Life of Chaucer by Sir H. Nicolas ; see ...
... present , with Prince Lionel , at the wedding of John of Gaunt and Lady Blanche of Lancaster , at Reading , and at the famous joustings subsequently held at London in honour of the event . d Life of Chaucer by Sir H. Nicolas ; see ...
Page viii
... present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 175. 2d .; of a sheep 2s . 6d .; of a goose 9d .; of a hen 2d .; of a day's labour in husbandry 3d . In Oxford , in 1310 , wheat was 10s ...
... present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 175. 2d .; of a sheep 2s . 6d .; of a goose 9d .; of a hen 2d .; of a day's labour in husbandry 3d . In Oxford , in 1310 , wheat was 10s ...
Page xix
... present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true test of gentility is nobleness of life and courtesy of manners , and not mere ancestral rank f , and which made him in the Persones ...
... present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true test of gentility is nobleness of life and courtesy of manners , and not mere ancestral rank f , and which made him in the Persones ...
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... present form was given it when Chaucer determined to assign it the first place among his Canterbury Tales " . ' It may not be unpleasing to the reader to see a short summary of it , which will show with what skill Chaucer has proceeded ...
... present form was given it when Chaucer determined to assign it the first place among his Canterbury Tales " . ' It may not be unpleasing to the reader to see a short summary of it , which will show with what skill Chaucer has proceeded ...
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PROLOGUE THE KNIGHTES TALE THE Geoffrey D. 1400 Chaucer,Richard 1833-1894 Morris,Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 Skeat No preview available - 2016 |
PROLOGUE THE KNIGHTES TALE THE Richard 1833-1894 Morris,Geoffrey D. 1400 Chaucer,Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 Skeat No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 8 - Ful semely hir wimpel pinched was ; 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 23 - Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace, That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?
Page 10 - And eek with worthy wommen of the toun: For he had power of confessioun, As seyde him-self, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat.
Page 6 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 15 - After the sondry sesons of the yeer, So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe, And many a breem and many a luce in stewe.
Page 28 - Or feyne thing, or fynde wordes newe. He may nat spare, al-thogh he were his brother; He moot as wel seye o word as another. Crist spak him-self ful brode in holy writ, And wel ye woot, no vileinye is it. 740 Eek Plato seith, who-so that7 can him rede, The wordes mote be cosin to the dede.
Page 20 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte...
Page 128 - And necligent, and truste on flaterye. But ye that holden this tale a folye, — As of a fox, or of a cok and hen, — Taketh the moralite, good men ; 4630 For Seint Paul seith that al that writen is, To oure doctrine it is y-write y-wis ; Taketh the fruyt and lat the chaf be stille.