The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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... things , entries of ( 1 ) in April 1357 , ' An entire suit of clothes , consist- ing of a paltock ' ( or short cloak ) , ' a pair of red and black breeches , with shoes , provided for Geoffrey Chaucer ; ' ( 2 ) on May 20 , 1357 , an ...
... things , entries of ( 1 ) in April 1357 , ' An entire suit of clothes , consist- ing of a paltock ' ( or short cloak ) , ' a pair of red and black breeches , with shoes , provided for Geoffrey Chaucer ; ' ( 2 ) on May 20 , 1357 , an ...
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... bestowed on the Harleian one , which really looks like a portrait , has made critics believe it a genuine likeness . b Tyrwhitt renders elvish by shy . ' of his works , yet Chaucer is above all things xvi INTRODUCTION .
... bestowed on the Harleian one , which really looks like a portrait , has made critics believe it a genuine likeness . b Tyrwhitt renders elvish by shy . ' of his works , yet Chaucer is above all things xvi INTRODUCTION .
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Geoffrey Chaucer Richard Morris. of his works , yet Chaucer is above all things a narrator , and we must reckon him among the objective and not the subjective poets ; among the epic , of Goethe's threefold division of all poets into epic ...
Geoffrey Chaucer Richard Morris. of his works , yet Chaucer is above all things a narrator , and we must reckon him among the objective and not the subjective poets ; among the epic , of Goethe's threefold division of all poets into epic ...
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... thing , yer , yeer ; as in the older stages of the language night , winter , freond ( A. S. frynd ) are used as plurals . 4. Feet , gees , men , teeth , are examples of the plural by vowel- change . Case . The genitive case singular ...
... thing , yer , yeer ; as in the older stages of the language night , winter , freond ( A. S. frynd ) are used as plurals . 4. Feet , gees , men , teeth , are examples of the plural by vowel- change . Case . The genitive case singular ...
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... thing , Ther couthe no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . A FRANKELEYN ...
... thing , Ther couthe no wight pynche at his writyng ; And every statute couthe he pleyn by roote . He rood but hoomly in a medlé coote , Gird with a seynt of silk , with barres smale ; Of his array telle I no lenger tale . A FRANKELEYN ...
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