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... seems to have fallen desperately and hopelessly in love , probably with a lady above him in rank , who rejected him . His earliest original poem , his Compleynte to Pite ( pity ) , which may have been written about 1367 , after his ...
... seems to have fallen desperately and hopelessly in love , probably with a lady above him in rank , who rejected him . His earliest original poem , his Compleynte to Pite ( pity ) , which may have been written about 1367 , after his ...
Page xvi
... seems to have been reserved and reticent . His extensive ac- quirements and voluminous writings show that he was a hard- working student ; from incidental allusions in The House of Fame , we learn that when his labours and ' reckonings ...
... seems to have been reserved and reticent . His extensive ac- quirements and voluminous writings show that he was a hard- working student ; from incidental allusions in The House of Fame , we learn that when his labours and ' reckonings ...
Page xxv
... seem to imply that it [ the old story ] had not made itself very popular . It is not impossible that at first it was a mere trans- lation of the Teseide of Boccaccio , and that its present form was given it when Chaucer determined to ...
... seem to imply that it [ the old story ] had not made itself very popular . It is not impossible that at first it was a mere trans- lation of the Teseide of Boccaccio , and that its present form was given it when Chaucer determined to ...
Page xxviii
... a half ( A.D. 867–1013 ) . The Danish influence upon the language seems to have affected P Tyrwhitt , Introductory Discourse to the Canterbury Tales . chiefly the dialects of the north and east parts of xxviii INTRODUCTION .
... a half ( A.D. 867–1013 ) . The Danish influence upon the language seems to have affected P Tyrwhitt , Introductory Discourse to the Canterbury Tales . chiefly the dialects of the north and east parts of xxviii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxii
... seem to be dialectical varieties , and probably due to the scribes who copied the MSS . 2. Some few nouns ( originally forming the plural in -an ) have -en , -n ; as asschen , ashes ; assen , asses ; been , bees ; eyen , yen , eyes ...
... seem to be dialectical varieties , and probably due to the scribes who copied the MSS . 2. Some few nouns ( originally forming the plural in -an ) have -en , -n ; as asschen , ashes ; assen , asses ; been , bees ; eyen , yen , eyes ...
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Page 18 - Upon his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte ; And this figure he added eek therto, That if gold ruste, what shal yren do?
Page 2 - In felawshipe, and pilgrims were they alle, That toward Caunterbury wolden ryde; The chambres and the stables weren wyde, And wel we weren esed atte beste.
Page 27 - Greet chere made our hoste us everichon, And to the soper sette he us anon ; And served us with vitaille at the beste. Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste. A semely man our hoste was withalle For to been a marshal in an halle ; A large man he was with eyen stepe...
Page 11 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 26 - That highte the Tabard, faste by the Belle. But now is tyme to yow for to telle How that we baren us that ilke night, Whan we were in that hostelrye alight. And after wol I telle of our viage, And al the remenaunt of our pilgrimage.
Page 113 - What sholde I more un-to this tale sayn? The peple out-sterte, and caste the cart to grounde, And in the middel of the dong they founde The dede man, that mordred was al newe. O blisful god, that art so just and trewe!
Page 16 - And yet he was but esy of dispence ; He kepte that he wan in pestilence. For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therfore he lovede gold in special.
Page 18 - For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste, No wonder is a lewed man to ruste ; And shame it is, if a preest take keep, A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.
Page 8 - A fat swan loved he best of any roost. His palfrey was as broun as is a berye. A Frere ther was, a wantowne and a merye, A lymytour, a ful solempne man. In alle the ordres foure is noon that kan 210 So muchel of daliaunce and fair langage.
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, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.