The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page xxiv
... originally composed by Chaucer as a separate work . As such , it is mentioned by him , among some of his other works , in the Legende of Goode Women ( ll . 420 , 1 ) , under the title of ' Al the Love of Palamon and Arcite of Thebes ...
... originally composed by Chaucer as a separate work . As such , it is mentioned by him , among some of his other works , in the Legende of Goode Women ( ll . 420 , 1 ) , under the title of ' Al the Love of Palamon and Arcite of Thebes ...
Page xxviii
... originally inflected or synthetic , that is to say , it expressed grammatical relation by a change in the form of words , instead of employing auxiliary words . The circumstances which led to this conversion are well known , forming as ...
... originally inflected or synthetic , that is to say , it expressed grammatical relation by a change in the form of words , instead of employing auxiliary words . The circumstances which led to this conversion are well known , forming as ...
Page xxxii
... ( originally forming the plural in -an ) have -en , -n ; as asschen , ashes ; assen , asses ; been , bees ; eyen , yen , eyes ; Aleen , fleas ; Alon , arrows ; oxen ; ton , toon , toes ; schoon , shoes . The following have -n , which has ...
... ( originally forming the plural in -an ) have -en , -n ; as asschen , ashes ; assen , asses ; been , bees ; eyen , yen , eyes ; Aleen , fleas ; Alon , arrows ; oxen ; ton , toon , toes ; schoon , shoes . The following have -n , which has ...
Page xlv
... ( originally ending in -on or -an ) ; as withoutën , siththen . 8 The forms of the present participle in O. E. ended in -inde ( -ende , -ande ) , and many verbal nouns ended in -ung . These were gradually changed into the affix -ing . II ...
... ( originally ending in -on or -an ) ; as withoutën , siththen . 8 The forms of the present participle in O. E. ended in -inde ( -ende , -ande ) , and many verbal nouns ended in -ung . These were gradually changed into the affix -ing . II ...
Page 118
... originally one who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought home a palm - branch as a token . Chaucer , says Tyrwhitt , seems to consider all pilgrims to foreign parts as palmers . The essential difference between the two classes ...
... originally one who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and brought home a palm - branch as a token . Chaucer , says Tyrwhitt , seems to consider all pilgrims to foreign parts as palmers . The essential difference between the two classes ...
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