The Prologue and the Knight's TaleUniversity Press, 1908 - 229 pages |
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Page xv
... lady grace . ' Chief among them is Guillaume de Machault , ' grant rhétorique de nouvelle fourme . ' He was recognised by his contemporaries as having set the tone and fixed the form of the courtly poetry of his day . His work ...
... lady grace . ' Chief among them is Guillaume de Machault , ' grant rhétorique de nouvelle fourme . ' He was recognised by his contemporaries as having set the tone and fixed the form of the courtly poetry of his day . His work ...
Page xxi
... Lady Jane . Henryson avowedly wrote his Testament of Cresseid as a sequel to Chaucer's greater poem Troilus and Criseyde . Indeed , there is hardly a page of these poets which does not betray the impress left upon their minds by the ...
... Lady Jane . Henryson avowedly wrote his Testament of Cresseid as a sequel to Chaucer's greater poem Troilus and Criseyde . Indeed , there is hardly a page of these poets which does not betray the impress left upon their minds by the ...
Page xxiv
... lady of the same surname as the poet was engaged in the service of the queen in a similar capacity to his own in the service of the king - a very unlikely coincidence . Moreover , in 1374 , John of Gaunt bestowed a pension upon Geoffrey ...
... lady of the same surname as the poet was engaged in the service of the queen in a similar capacity to his own in the service of the king - a very unlikely coincidence . Moreover , in 1374 , John of Gaunt bestowed a pension upon Geoffrey ...
Page xxxi
... Ladies , the book of the Duchesse , the Book of Seint Valentynes day , of the Parlement of Briddes , the Tales of Canterbury — thilke that sounen into synne - the Book of the Leon ; and many another book , if they were in my remembrance ...
... Ladies , the book of the Duchesse , the Book of Seint Valentynes day , of the Parlement of Briddes , the Tales of Canterbury — thilke that sounen into synne - the Book of the Leon ; and many another book , if they were in my remembrance ...
Page xxxii
... Lady , Fortune , Truth , Gen- tilesse , Lak of Stedfastnesse , The Compleynte of Venus , The Compleynte to his Purs , To Rosamounde , Envoy to Scogan , Envoy to Bukton , The Former Age , The Proverbs ( ? ) . The Words to Adam Scrivener ...
... Lady , Fortune , Truth , Gen- tilesse , Lak of Stedfastnesse , The Compleynte of Venus , The Compleynte to his Purs , To Rosamounde , Envoy to Scogan , Envoy to Bukton , The Former Age , The Proverbs ( ? ) . The Words to Adam Scrivener ...
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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...
Page 16 - In al the parisshe wif ne was ther noon That to the offrynge bifore hire sholde goon; And if ther dide, certeyn so wrooth was she, That she was out of alle charitee. Hir coverchiefs...
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...
Page 2 - Me thynketh it acordaunt to resoun To telle yow al the condicioun Of ech of hem, so as it semed me, And whiche...