The Prologue and the Knight's TaleUniversity Press, 1908 - 229 pages |
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Page xxiv
... 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 Chaucer and Philippa , his wife , in recognition of past services rendered to ...
... 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 Chaucer and Philippa , his wife , in recognition of past services rendered to ...
Page xxv
... Similar allusions occur in the Com- pleynte to Pite which may belong to much the same period . The amorous complaints contained in both poems may be treated as expressions of merely conventional sentiment , or ás autobiographical ...
... Similar allusions occur in the Com- pleynte to Pite which may belong to much the same period . The amorous complaints contained in both poems may be treated as expressions of merely conventional sentiment , or ás autobiographical ...
Page xxvii
... similar relief with regard to his original office . This privilege he may have owed to the personal favour of the Queen . The Dedication of the Legende of Good Women to her ( cf. Prol . to Leg . 496 f . ) may be an acknowledgment of her ...
... similar relief with regard to his original office . This privilege he may have owed to the personal favour of the Queen . The Dedication of the Legende of Good Women to her ( cf. Prol . to Leg . 496 f . ) may be an acknowledgment of her ...
Page lvi
... similar meaning , hence Pret . caughte , P.P. caught . INFLEXION OF THE VERB : THE PRESENT . The Present Indicative . The terminations for both strong and weak verbs are : Sing . I - 2 -est Plur . -en for all persons . 3 -eth . Thus ...
... similar meaning , hence Pret . caughte , P.P. caught . INFLEXION OF THE VERB : THE PRESENT . The Present Indicative . The terminations for both strong and weak verbs are : Sing . I - 2 -est Plur . -en for all persons . 3 -eth . Thus ...
Page lvii
... similar contraction takes place with greater frequency in the 3rd person sing .; thus , cometh may be read comth , maketh , makth ; bereth , berth . Chaucer is thereby enabled to use these verbal forms as words of one or of two ...
... similar contraction takes place with greater frequency in the 3rd person sing .; thus , cometh may be read comth , maketh , makth ; bereth , berth . Chaucer is thereby enabled to use these verbal forms as words of one or of two ...
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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.
Page 11 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
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...