The Prologue and the Knight's TaleUniversity Press, 1908 - 229 pages |
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... armes hym bisyde . And , certes , if it nere to long to heere , I wolde han toold yow * fully the manere How wonnen was the regne of Femenye By Theseus and by his chivalrye ; And of the grete bataille for the nones * Harl . , Elles ...
... armes hym bisyde . And , certes , if it nere to long to heere , I wolde han toold yow * fully the manere How wonnen was the regne of Femenye By Theseus and by his chivalrye ; And of the grete bataille for the nones * Harl . , Elles ...
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... armes he hem alle up hente , 137 945 Th T 950 955 And hem conforteth in ful good entente , And swoor his ooth , as he was trewe knyght , He wolde doon so ferforthly his myght 960 Upon the tiraunt Creon hem to wreke , That al the peple ...
... armes he hem alle up hente , 137 945 Th T 950 955 And hem conforteth in ful good entente , And swoor his ooth , as he was trewe knyght , He wolde doon so ferforthly his myght 960 Upon the tiraunt Creon hem to wreke , That al the peple ...
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... armes , wroght ful richely , Of whiche two Arcita highte that oon , And that oother knyght highte Palamon . Nat fully quyke , ne fully dede , they were , But by here cote - armures , and by hir gere , The heraudes knewe hem best in ...
... armes , wroght ful richely , Of whiche two Arcita highte that oon , And that oother knyght highte Palamon . Nat fully quyke , ne fully dede , they were , But by here cote - armures , and by hir gere , The heraudes knewe hem best in ...
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... armes was arrayed thus : A wolf ther stood biforn hym at his feet , With eyen rede , and of a man he eet ; With soutil pencel depeynted was this storie In redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie . Now to the temple of Dyane the chaste , As ...
... armes was arrayed thus : A wolf ther stood biforn hym at his feet , With eyen rede , and of a man he eet ; With soutil pencel depeynted was this storie In redoutynge of Mars and of his glorie . Now to the temple of Dyane the chaste , As ...
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... lymes grete , hise brawnes harde and stronge , 2135 Hise shuldres brode , hise armes rounde and longe , And , as the gyse was in his contree , * Elles . bristplate . Ful hye upon a chaar of gold stood he , THE KNIGHT'S TALE 69.
... lymes grete , hise brawnes harde and stronge , 2135 Hise shuldres brode , hise armes rounde and longe , And , as the gyse was in his contree , * Elles . bristplate . Ful hye upon a chaar of gold stood he , THE KNIGHT'S TALE 69.
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Page 2 - Bifil that in that seson on a day. In Southwerk at the Tabard as I lay Redy to wenden on my pilgrymage To Caunterbury with ful devout corage.
Page 24 - Why that assembled was this compaignye In Southwerk, at this gentil hostelrye, That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle.
Page 166 - For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
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Page lxvii - Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 1 - 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 lxxxvii - I have just occasion to complain of them, who because they understand Chaucer, would deprive the greater part of their countrymen of the same advantage, and hoard him up, as misers do their grandam gold, only to look on it themselves, and hinder others from making use of it. In sum, I seriously protest, that no man ever had, or can have, a greater veneration for Chaucer than myself. I have translated some part of his works, only that I might perpetuate his memory, or at least refresh it, amongst...
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