The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... story of Nero in the Monkes Tale . ' And when it comes to be examined carefully , it presents , to those who have eyes to see , and who are sufficiently acquainted with Middle - English to apprehend , such clear and con- sistent ...
... story of Nero in the Monkes Tale . ' And when it comes to be examined carefully , it presents , to those who have eyes to see , and who are sufficiently acquainted with Middle - English to apprehend , such clear and con- sistent ...
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... Oxford , but in the Inns of Court . Loland's story of Chaucer's travels into France to complete his education is entirely rejected by Tyrwhitt . that Chancer was of both universities ; but Sir Harris 16 GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
... Oxford , but in the Inns of Court . Loland's story of Chaucer's travels into France to complete his education is entirely rejected by Tyrwhitt . that Chancer was of both universities ; but Sir Harris 16 GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
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... story , he so far departs from the dra- matic assumption maintained in the rest of the prologue . As it is clear that the Clerk of Oxenford , being purely an imaginary personage , could not have learned the story at Padua from Petrarch ...
... story , he so far departs from the dra- matic assumption maintained in the rest of the prologue . As it is clear that the Clerk of Oxenford , being purely an imaginary personage , could not have learned the story at Padua from Petrarch ...
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... story from the Decameron , but from a Latin source , and , therefore , most probably , from Petrarch's translation . But it is not necessary to establish this inference in order to support the supposition that he procured the story from ...
... story from the Decameron , but from a Latin source , and , therefore , most probably , from Petrarch's translation . But it is not necessary to establish this inference in order to support the supposition that he procured the story from ...
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... story as having derived it himself from Boccaccio , it may be presumed that Chaucer would have made some reference to its original source . That he has not acknowledged his obligations to Boccaccio elsewhere is nothing to the purpose ...
... story as having derived it himself from Boccaccio , it may be presumed that Chaucer would have made some reference to its original source . That he has not acknowledged his obligations to Boccaccio elsewhere is nothing to the purpose ...
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