The prologue to the Canterbury tales, with notes by E.F. Willoughby1881 |
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... probably where the Cannon Street Station now stands , and here Geoffrey was born and spent his early years . What education he gave his son , and whether he intended him for the professions of the law or the church , or for the less ...
... probably where the Cannon Street Station now stands , and here Geoffrey was born and spent his early years . What education he gave his son , and whether he intended him for the professions of the law or the church , or for the less ...
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... probably in his sixty - first or sixty - second year when he died . In the carefully executed portrait by Occleve , preserved among the Harl . MSS . , and the words which he puts into the mouth of " mine host " of the Tabard , as well ...
... probably in his sixty - first or sixty - second year when he died . In the carefully executed portrait by Occleve , preserved among the Harl . MSS . , and the words which he puts into the mouth of " mine host " of the Tabard , as well ...
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... probably at intervals between 1330 and 1360 , and the " Vision of Piers Plowman , " which seems to have been written soon after 1365 , contain an infusion of French words ; but the effects of the complete coalescence of the two peoples ...
... probably at intervals between 1330 and 1360 , and the " Vision of Piers Plowman , " which seems to have been written soon after 1365 , contain an infusion of French words ; but the effects of the complete coalescence of the two peoples ...
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... probably not seldom misapprehending the meaning of the author , it was inevitable that countless variations should arise in the text , some representing the sound of the spoken word , others the changes which had taken place in the ...
... probably not seldom misapprehending the meaning of the author , it was inevitable that countless variations should arise in the text , some representing the sound of the spoken word , others the changes which had taken place in the ...
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... probably the provincial or dialecti- cal usages of the scribes employed . 2. Some nouns form their plurals in -en or -n ( the -an of O.E. ) , as asschen , been ( bees ) , eyghen ( eyes ) [ Scot . een ] , flon ( arrows ) , schoon ( shoes ) ...
... probably the provincial or dialecti- cal usages of the scribes employed . 2. Some nouns form their plurals in -en or -n ( the -an of O.E. ) , as asschen , been ( bees ) , eyghen ( eyes ) [ Scot . een ] , flon ( arrows ) , schoon ( shoes ) ...
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