The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page vi
... present money . d In one of the poems wrongly ascribed to him , The Court of Love , Chaucer is supposed to make reference to his residence at Cambridge- ' My name ? Philogenet I cald am , fer and nere , Of Cambrige clerke . ' Leland ...
... present money . d In one of the poems wrongly ascribed to him , The Court of Love , Chaucer is supposed to make reference to his residence at Cambridge- ' My name ? Philogenet I cald am , fer and nere , Of Cambrige clerke . ' Leland ...
Page vii
... present , with Prince Lionel , at the wedding of John of Gaunt and Lady Blanche of Lancaster , at Reading , and at the famous joustings subsequently held at London in honour of the event . Life of Chaucer by Sir H. Nicolas . We have no ...
... present , with Prince Lionel , at the wedding of John of Gaunt and Lady Blanche of Lancaster , at Reading , and at the famous joustings subsequently held at London in honour of the event . Life of Chaucer by Sir H. Nicolas . We have no ...
Page viii
... present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 17s . 2d .; of a sheep 2s . 6d .; of a goose 9d .; of a hen 2d .; of a day's labour in husbandry 3d . In Oxford , in 1310 , wheat was IOS ...
... present . In 1350 the average price of a horse was 18s . 4d .; of an ox 1l . 4s . 6d .; of a cow 17s . 2d .; of a sheep 2s . 6d .; of a goose 9d .; of a hen 2d .; of a day's labour in husbandry 3d . In Oxford , in 1310 , wheat was IOS ...
Page xix
... present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true test of gentility is nobleness of life and courtesy of manners , and not mere ancestral rank f , and which made him in the Persones ...
... present day we can hardly appreciate the boldness which made him assert more than once that the true test of gentility is nobleness of life and courtesy of manners , and not mere ancestral rank f , and which made him in the Persones ...
Page xxv
... present form was given it when Chaucer determined to assign it the first place among his Canterbury Tales " . It may not be unpleasing to the reader to see a short summary of it , which will show with what skill Chaucer has proceeded in ...
... present form was given it when Chaucer determined to assign it the first place among his Canterbury Tales " . It may not be unpleasing to the reader to see a short summary of it , which will show with what skill Chaucer has proceeded in ...
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