The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 23
Page ix
... lines in the Blaunche about his hopeless love , which are referred to above , are in answer to the question why he cannot sleep at night . ' Trewly as I gesse , I hold it be a sickënes That I have suffred this eight yere ; And yet my ...
... lines in the Blaunche about his hopeless love , which are referred to above , are in answer to the question why he cannot sleep at night . ' Trewly as I gesse , I hold it be a sickënes That I have suffred this eight yere ; And yet my ...
Page xix
... lines , by Guillaume de Louis ( 1200-1230 ) , and the Sequel , of 18,002 lines , by Jean de Meung , written nearly half a The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories related by b 2 INTRODUCTION . xix Though Chaucer was so ...
... lines , by Guillaume de Louis ( 1200-1230 ) , and the Sequel , of 18,002 lines , by Jean de Meung , written nearly half a The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories related by b 2 INTRODUCTION . xix Though Chaucer was so ...
Page xxii
... lines , and of course affords space for a very spirited and graphic portrayal of the physical aspect , and an outline of the moral features of each . The latter part of the description is generally more rapidly sketched , because it was ...
... lines , and of course affords space for a very spirited and graphic portrayal of the physical aspect , and an outline of the moral features of each . The latter part of the description is generally more rapidly sketched , because it was ...
Page xxv
... lines , he has only translated 270 ( less than one - eighth ) from Boccaccio ; only 374 more lines bear a general likeness to Boccaccio ; and only 132 more a slight like- ness . ' ( Furnivall , Temporary Preface to Six - Text Edition of ...
... lines , he has only translated 270 ( less than one - eighth ) from Boccaccio ; only 374 more lines bear a general likeness to Boccaccio ; and only 132 more a slight like- ness . ' ( Furnivall , Temporary Preface to Six - Text Edition of ...
Page xxviii
... lines , ' Dou Coc et dou Werpil , ' in the poems of Marie of France , which is amplified in the fifth chapter of the old French metrical Roman de Renart , entitled ' Se comme Renart prist Chantecler le Coc . ' Chaucer's English , like ...
... lines , ' Dou Coc et dou Werpil , ' in the poems of Marie of France , which is amplified in the fifth chapter of the old French metrical Roman de Renart , entitled ' Se comme Renart prist Chantecler le Coc . ' Chaucer's English , like ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agayn Allas anon anoon Arcite Arcyte Astrolabe atte aventure berd Boethius brest byforn Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer Chauntecleer cloth compainye Cotgrave couthe cowde dede deth doon doun dremes Edward III Emelye English eyen felawe Goth grene gret grete Harl hath heed heere heih herte highte hire hond Icel Knightes Tale kyng lady lord lovede lust lyve maner Mars Max Müller moot Mordre nought Palamon Piers Ploughman Piers Plowman pleyn plural pret prisoun Prol Prov quod rede reed root saugh sayde sayn schal sche schulde seyde seyn signifies Skeat sone sonne sorwe speke sterte swerd Thanne thay Thebes ther therto Theseus thilke thou thurgh toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt unto Venus verb weren whan whence Eng wher withouten wolde woot word wyde yeer yerd þat