The prologue to the Canterbury tales, with notes [ &c.] by J.M.D. Meiklejohn1880 |
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... addition to his previous comptrollership . By the terms of his first office , he had been bound down to make every entry in the Customs books with his own hand ; but he was now allowed the privilege of employing a deputy . He would thus ...
... addition to his previous comptrollership . By the terms of his first office , he had been bound down to make every entry in the Customs books with his own hand ; but he was now allowed the privilege of employing a deputy . He would thus ...
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... additions from Norman - French . The two elements in the nation - the Normans and the English - had fallen into the habit of using pairs of words , one English and the other French , as a kind of colloquial dictionary or phrase - book ...
... additions from Norman - French . The two elements in the nation - the Normans and the English - had fallen into the habit of using pairs of words , one English and the other French , as a kind of colloquial dictionary or phrase - book ...
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... addition of er . But we find also re , a remnant of an older ra . Thus we have derrë , nerrë , ferrë , herrë , for dearer , nearer , farther , and higher . Bet and mo are contractions for bettre and mara . superlative degree ends in ...
... addition of er . But we find also re , a remnant of an older ra . Thus we have derrë , nerrë , ferrë , herrë , for dearer , nearer , farther , and higher . Bet and mo are contractions for bettre and mara . superlative degree ends in ...
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... additions from Norman - French . The two elements in the nation - the Normans and the English - had fallen into the habit of using pairs of words , one English and the other French , as a kind of colloquial dictionary or phrase - book ...
... additions from Norman - French . The two elements in the nation - the Normans and the English - had fallen into the habit of using pairs of words , one English and the other French , as a kind of colloquial dictionary or phrase - book ...
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... addition of er . But we find also re , a remnant of an older ra . Thus we have derrë , nerrë , ferrë , herrë , for dearer , nearer , farther , and higher . Bet and mo are contractions for bettre and mara . The superlative degree ends in ...
... addition of er . But we find also re , a remnant of an older ra . Thus we have derrë , nerrë , ferrë , herrë , for dearer , nearer , farther , and higher . Bet and mo are contractions for bettre and mara . The superlative degree ends in ...
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The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales, with Notes [ &C.] by J.M.D. Meiklejohn Geoffrey Chaucer No preview available - 2015 |
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adjectives adverb atte berd bettre bokeler But-if Cæsar called Canterbury CANTERBURY TALES century Chaucer Cogs Connen court couthe dative DEFECTIVE VERBS dialect Edward Edward III England English English Language felaweschipe FRANKELEYN French accent ful fair genitive German grammar gret guttural hath heed Hence hire holy hood inflections J. M. D. MEIKLEJOHN John of Gaunt Julius Cæsar king knight labour language large numbers Latin London lord lovede Low Lat Maunciple meaning Milton modern moot Norman-French note on line nought noun oldest participle past phrase pilgrimage pilgrims plural ending poem prest PROLOGUE pronunciation reeve Richard II says schal sche schort schulde Scotland Seynt Shak Shakspeare smalë Sompnour speke spelling stoor swetë Swynke syllable Tabard tale ther therto tyme Uppon verb verse vileinye vowel Wel cowde weren weye whan wight wolde woote word worthi wyde
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Page 15 - PERSOUN of a toun; But riche he was of holy thoght and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, 480 That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche; His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.
Page 19 - Ful riche he was astored prively, His lord wel coude he plesen subtilly, 610 To geve and lene him of his owne good, And have a thank, and yet a cote and hood, In youthe he lerned hadde a good mister ; He was a wel good wrighte, a carpenter. This reve sat up-on a ful good stot.
Page 11 - At Alisaundre he was whan it was wonne. Ful ofte tyme he hadde the bord bigonne Aboven alle nacions in Pruce; In Lettow hadde he reysed and in Ruce, No Cristen man so ofte of his degree.
Page 11 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 11 - Of studie took he moost cure and moost heede. Noght o word spak he moore than was neede, And that was seyd in forme and reverence, And short and quyk and ful of hy sentence; Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Page 12 - Poynaunt and scharp, and redy al his gere. His table dormant in his halle alway Stood redy covered al the longe day. At sessiouns ther was he lord and sire.
Page 11 - Redy to wenden on my pilgrimage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage, At night was come in-to that hostelrye Wel nyne and twenty in a companye, Of sondry folk, by aventure y-falle 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 20 - Com hider, love, to me. This sompnour bar to him a stif burdoun, Was nevere trompe of half so gret a soun...
Page 11 - With frankeleyns overal in his contree; And eek with worthy wommen of the toun, For he hadde power of confessioun, As seyde himself, more than a curat, For of his ordre he was licentiat.
Page 13 - Burdeuxward, whil that the chapman sleep. Of nyce conscience took he no keep; If that he faught, and hadde the hyer hond, By water he sente hem hoom to every lond.