Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 pages |
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... Royal Scottish Academy.1 All these pictures are of very great merit , but none of them can , in clearness and impressiveness , surpass the word - painting by means of which Chaucer himself in the Pro- logue has presented his various ...
... Royal Scottish Academy.1 All these pictures are of very great merit , but none of them can , in clearness and impressiveness , surpass the word - painting by means of which Chaucer himself in the Pro- logue has presented his various ...
Page 108
... royal blood of Thebes , and sons of two sisters . They were carried to the tent of Theseus , who that night rested on the battle- field , and were by him sent to Athens to be kept in the strictest imprisonment , without hope of ransom ...
... royal blood of Thebes , and sons of two sisters . They were carried to the tent of Theseus , who that night rested on the battle- field , and were by him sent to Athens to be kept in the strictest imprisonment , without hope of ransom ...
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... Royal Poet of Scotland , when he was a prisoner in Windsor ; for , in the garden sur- rounding the tower in which his dungeon was , Palamon saw Emelye , " the scheen , " gathering flowers fresh with dew , and so doing " observ- ance ...
... Royal Poet of Scotland , when he was a prisoner in Windsor ; for , in the garden sur- rounding the tower in which his dungeon was , Palamon saw Emelye , " the scheen , " gathering flowers fresh with dew , and so doing " observ- ance ...
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... much that , if he were to disguise himself somewhat , no one would know him . He therefore returned to Athens , and although he was a prince of royal blood , he assumed the appearance of a humble serving THE KNIGHTES TALE . 111.
... much that , if he were to disguise himself somewhat , no one would know him . He therefore returned to Athens , and although he was a prince of royal blood , he assumed the appearance of a humble serving THE KNIGHTES TALE . 111.
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... royal ladies were sitting . Every one thought he was mortally wounded ; but though " As black he lay as eny coal or crowe , So was the blood y - ronnen in his face , ” it was seen that there was still life in him THE KNIGHTES TALE . 125.
... royal ladies were sitting . Every one thought he was mortally wounded ; but though " As black he lay as eny coal or crowe , So was the blood y - ronnen in his face , ” it was seen that there was still life in him THE KNIGHTES TALE . 125.
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