Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Volume 1J.W. Parker, 1854 - English poetry |
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... appear entitled , from internal or external evidence , to be considered genuine . Wherever a necessity has arisen , the value or authenticity of the evidence has been inves- tigated in the preliminary notices . The obscurity in which ...
... appear entitled , from internal or external evidence , to be considered genuine . Wherever a necessity has arisen , the value or authenticity of the evidence has been inves- tigated in the preliminary notices . The obscurity in which ...
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... appears very old , holding , as in Occleve's portrait , a string of beads in his left hand . 1 The birth of Chaucer ... appear . In the deposition made by Chaucer in 1386 , he says that he had then borne arms for twenty - seven years ...
... appears very old , holding , as in Occleve's portrait , a string of beads in his left hand . 1 The birth of Chaucer ... appear . In the deposition made by Chaucer in 1386 , he says that he had then borne arms for twenty - seven years ...
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... appears to be generally admitted , that it was composed with reference to the intended marriage between John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster , which took place in 1359 , and which the lady is represented in the poem as deferring for a ...
... appears to be generally admitted , that it was composed with reference to the intended marriage between John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster , which took place in 1359 , and which the lady is represented in the poem as deferring for a ...
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... appear to be the most authentic . 2 Endless discussions might be raised on such passages as Godwin cites , leaving the question in the end exactly where it was in the beginning . More consideration is due to the authentic statement that ...
... appear to be the most authentic . 2 Endless discussions might be raised on such passages as Godwin cites , leaving the question in the end exactly where it was in the beginning . More consideration is due to the authentic statement that ...
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... appears to have been absent from Eng- land , on the King's service , in the summer of 1370 ; and towards the end of ... appear to have originated in the grant and appointment above - mentioned , which alone is sustained by evidence ...
... appears to have been absent from Eng- land , on the King's service , in the summer of 1370 ; and towards the end of ... appear to have originated in the grant and appointment above - mentioned , which alone is sustained by evidence ...
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Page 79 - Somtyme with the lord of Palatye, Ageyn another hethen in Turkye : And evermore he hadde a sovereyn prys. And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meke as is a mayde. He never yet no vileinye ne sayde 70 In al his lyf, un-to no maner wight. He was a verray parfit gentil knight.
Page 178 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, withouten any compaignye.
Page 80 - Embrouded was he, as it were a mede Al ful of fresshe floures, whyte and rede.
Page 107 - For this ye knowen al so wel as I, Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan Everich a word, if it be in his charge, Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.
Page 75 - The holy blisful martir for to seeke, That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke.
Page 77 - But natheles, whyl I have tyme and space, Er that I ferther in this tale pace, Me thinketh it acordaunt to resoun, To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed...
Page 115 - WHILOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther non under the sonne. Ful many a riche contre...
Page 92 - So chaunged he his mete and his soper. Ful many a fat partrich hadde he in mewe, And many a breem and many a luce in stewe.
Page 86 - Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare Was al his lust, for no cost wolde he spare.