The Prologue to the Book of the Tales of Canterbury: The Knight's Tale. The Nun's Priest's TaleMacmillan Company, 1922 |
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... expressed in terms that are ambiguous enough even now . But let me try to describe the verse of Chaucer with as much freedom from any admixture of irrelevant con- ceptions as language will allow . There are in each verse five strong ...
... expressed in terms that are ambiguous enough even now . But let me try to describe the verse of Chaucer with as much freedom from any admixture of irrelevant con- ceptions as language will allow . There are in each verse five strong ...
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... expression exist at the same time , and admit of easy comparison , while the parts of the audible utterance are successive . Aside from the general aspect of the written or printed page , and from some minor matters of punctu ation , we ...
... expression exist at the same time , and admit of easy comparison , while the parts of the audible utterance are successive . Aside from the general aspect of the written or printed page , and from some minor matters of punctu ation , we ...
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... expressed otherwise or disregarded . Different parts of a sentence often expressed the same thing . This I call Multiple Indication . Modern English has passed to Single Indication , though it still retains some instances of Double and ...
... expressed otherwise or disregarded . Different parts of a sentence often expressed the same thing . This I call Multiple Indication . Modern English has passed to Single Indication , though it still retains some instances of Double and ...
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... expressed in Modern English by marks of punctuation , by differences in letters , as capitals and italics , by the apostrophe , and a few similar signs , to an extent altogether unknown to Chaucer's English . NOUNS The plural is like ...
... expressed in Modern English by marks of punctuation , by differences in letters , as capitals and italics , by the apostrophe , and a few similar signs , to an extent altogether unknown to Chaucer's English . NOUNS The plural is like ...
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... expressed in the absence of noun - inflections by the inflections of other words , especially pronouns , by special words , by position , or left unexpressed or contradicted in ex- pression , when the relation itself was obvious or irre ...
... expressed in the absence of noun - inflections by the inflections of other words , especially pronouns , by special words , by position , or left unexpressed or contradicted in ex- pression , when the relation itself was obvious or irre ...
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Page 1 - WHAN that Aprille with his shoures soote The droghte of March hath perced to the roote. And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 274 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain. Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and wat'ry depths; all these have vanished ; They live no longer in the faith of reason!
Page 23 - Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop...
Page 192 - The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halve cours yronne, And smale foweles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open ye (So priketh hem nature in hir corages); Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages, And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes...
Page 4 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.
Page 147 - Or elles, if free choys be graunted me To do that same thing, or do it noght, Though god forwoot it, er that it was wroght ; Or if his witing streyneth nevere a del But by necessitee condicionel.
Page 21 - Or with a bretherhed to been withholde; But dwelte at hoom, and kepte wel his folde, So that the wolf ne made it nat miscarie ; He was a shepherde and no mercenarie. And though he holy were, and vertuous, He was to sinful man nat despitous, Ne of his speche daungerous ne digne, But in his teching discreet and benigne.
Page 13 - Souninge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.
Page 24 - Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace, That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?