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... give the date June 8 , 1373 ] . And though it is the Clerk of Oxenford , and not Chaucer , that asserts that he learned the tale of ' a worthy clerk ' at Padua , ' Fraunces Petrarch , the laureate poete , ' yet there can be no question ...
... give the date June 8 , 1373 ] . And though it is the Clerk of Oxenford , and not Chaucer , that asserts that he learned the tale of ' a worthy clerk ' at Padua , ' Fraunces Petrarch , the laureate poete , ' yet there can be no question ...
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... ( give ) I feyth and ful credence , And in myn herte have hem in reverence So hertely that there is game noon , That fro my bokes maketh me to goon , But hit be seldom , on the holy day , Save , certeynly , whan that the month of May Is ...
... ( give ) I feyth and ful credence , And in myn herte have hem in reverence So hertely that there is game noon , That fro my bokes maketh me to goon , But hit be seldom , on the holy day , Save , certeynly , whan that the month of May Is ...
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... , to which Chaucer himself gives the name of " Palemon , " were in hand at about the same time . ' ( Skeat , in Notes and Queries , Fourth Series , iv . 292. ) Athens with Hippolyta and her sister Emilia . He enters THE KNIGHTES TALE . XXV.
... , to which Chaucer himself gives the name of " Palemon , " were in hand at about the same time . ' ( Skeat , in Notes and Queries , Fourth Series , iv . 292. ) Athens with Hippolyta and her sister Emilia . He enters THE KNIGHTES TALE . XXV.
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... gives him an advantage over his rival which makes the catastrophe more consonant to poetical justice ; ( 2 ) The picture which Boccaccio has ex- hibited of two young princes violently enamoured of the same object , without jealousy or ...
... gives him an advantage over his rival which makes the catastrophe more consonant to poetical justice ; ( 2 ) The picture which Boccaccio has ex- hibited of two young princes violently enamoured of the same object , without jealousy or ...
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... gives some account of the editions of the poet's works . Some of the remarks upon the poems of ' Anelida and Arcite ' and ' The Parlement of Foules ' are so important for the right understanding of the Knightes Tale that the substance ...
... gives some account of the editions of the poet's works . Some of the remarks upon the poems of ' Anelida and Arcite ' and ' The Parlement of Foules ' are so important for the right understanding of the Knightes Tale that the substance ...
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Page 18 - Upon 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 ; And this figure he added eek therto, That if gold ruste, what shal yren do?
Page 2 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.
Page 27 - Greet chere made our hoste us everichon, And to the soper sette he us anon ; And served us with vitaille at the beste. Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste. A semely man our hoste was withalle For to been a marshal in an halle ; A large man he was with eyen stepe...
Page 11 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 26 - That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 113 - What sholde I more un-to this tale sayn? The peple out-sterte, and caste the cart to grounde, And in the middel of the dong they founde The dede man, that mordred was al newe. O blisful god, that art so just and trewe!
Page 16 - And yet he was but esy of dispence ; He kepte that he wan in pestilence. For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therfore he lovede gold in special.
Page 18 - For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And shame it is, if a preest take keep, A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.
Page 8 - A fat swan loved he best of any roost. His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. A Frere ther was, a wantowne and a merye, A lymytour, a ful solempne man. In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan 210 So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
Page 4 - 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.