The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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... sing the Complaint of Mars for his lost Venus , yet our poet was henceforth to work himself out into the freshness and brightness that still draw men to him as to spring sunshine . 1 = ' And goodë fairë white she hete ( was called ) ...
... sing the Complaint of Mars for his lost Venus , yet our poet was henceforth to work himself out into the freshness and brightness that still draw men to him as to spring sunshine . 1 = ' And goodë fairë white she hete ( was called ) ...
Page xxv
... singing , is heard and seen first by Arcita ° , who calls Palemone . They are both The Knight's Tale is an abridged translation of a part of Boccaccio's Teseide , but with considerable change in the plan , which is , perhaps , not much ...
... singing , is heard and seen first by Arcita ° , who calls Palemone . They are both The Knight's Tale is an abridged translation of a part of Boccaccio's Teseide , but with considerable change in the plan , which is , perhaps , not much ...
Page xxxvii
... sing . present tense is sometimes dropped , as in the Harl MS . dos = dost , has hast . This has been considered by some as a mere clerical error ; but in the East Midland dialects , there was a tendency to drop the t , probably arising ...
... sing . present tense is sometimes dropped , as in the Harl MS . dos = dost , has hast . This has been considered by some as a mere clerical error ; but in the East Midland dialects , there was a tendency to drop the t , probably arising ...
Page xxxviii
... SING . PAST PL . rood , rod , riden . Smiten , to smite , smoot , smiten . Sterven , to die , starf , storven . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . 1. The present subjunctive , singular number , terminates in -e , the plural in -en ; the past in -ede ...
... SING . PAST PL . rood , rod , riden . Smiten , to smite , smoot , smiten . Sterven , to die , starf , storven . SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD . 1. The present subjunctive , singular number , terminates in -e , the plural in -en ; the past in -ede ...
Page xxxix
... sing . imperative in -e ; as love thou , telle thou . All other verbs have properly no final e , as ' her thou ' hear thou , ' ches thou ' = choose thou . 2. The plural terminates usually in -eth , but sometimes the -th is dropped ...
... sing . imperative in -e ; as love thou , telle thou . All other verbs have properly no final e , as ' her thou ' hear thou , ' ches thou ' = choose thou . 2. The plural terminates usually in -eth , but sometimes the -th is dropped ...
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