The Prologue and the Knight's TaleUniversity Press, 1908 - 229 pages |
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Page xxx
... noght seyd hem , leve brother , In o book , he hath seyd hem in another . For he hath told of loveres up and doun Mo than Ovide made of mencioun In his Epistelles , that been ful olde . What sholde I tellen hem , syn they been tolde ...
... noght seyd hem , leve brother , In o book , he hath seyd hem in another . For he hath told of loveres up and doun Mo than Ovide made of mencioun In his Epistelles , that been ful olde . What sholde I tellen hem , syn they been tolde ...
Page xlii
... noght ; faught , foughten . oi , oy , generally in words of French origin , as in Modern English noise , voice . II . THE VOWELS IN WORDS OF FRENCH ORIGIN . These are , as a rule , pronounced as they would be in Modern French , cf. pris ...
... noght ; faught , foughten . oi , oy , generally in words of French origin , as in Modern English noise , voice . II . THE VOWELS IN WORDS OF FRENCH ORIGIN . These are , as a rule , pronounced as they would be in Modern French , cf. pris ...
Page lx
... noght disconforten hem alle . The Weak Past Participle ends in -ed . Thus , loved , maked , told . The Past Participle , whether weak or strong , and whether of English or of French origin , frequently has the prefix y- ( O. E. ge ...
... noght disconforten hem alle . The Weak Past Participle ends in -ed . Thus , loved , maked , told . The Past Participle , whether weak or strong , and whether of English or of French origin , frequently has the prefix y- ( O. E. ge ...
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... , Under his belt he bar ful thriftily ; Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly : Hise arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe , * Elles . in . + Elles . slepte . 105 And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe . 4 CANTERBURY TALES.
... , Under his belt he bar ful thriftily ; Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly : Hise arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe , * Elles . in . + Elles . slepte . 105 And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe . 4 CANTERBURY TALES.
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... noght a sho , So plesaunt was his In principio , 235 240 245 250 Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente . 255 His purchas was wel bettre than his rente , rish actually And rage he koude , as it were right a whelpe . In lovedayes ther ...
... noght a sho , So plesaunt was his In principio , 235 240 245 250 Yet wolde he have a ferthyng er he wente . 255 His purchas was wel bettre than his rente , rish actually And rage he koude , as it were right a whelpe . In lovedayes ther ...
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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...
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...