Chaucer's England, Volum 2 |
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Pàgina 1
... Canterbury Tales almost at random . I. The ' Nonne Preste's Tale ' begins by describing the cottage , and manner of life , of a poor widow , who had two daughters , three pigs , three oxen , and a sheep , whose name , though it could be ...
... Canterbury Tales almost at random . I. The ' Nonne Preste's Tale ' begins by describing the cottage , and manner of life , of a poor widow , who had two daughters , three pigs , three oxen , and a sheep , whose name , though it could be ...
Pàgina 59
... Canterbury Tales we have no Midwife , -a more important personage in those days than the doctor himself , besides that women so often under- took the functions of the leech , ' and probably ful- filled them well . It is , indeed , quite ...
... Canterbury Tales we have no Midwife , -a more important personage in those days than the doctor himself , besides that women so often under- took the functions of the leech , ' and probably ful- filled them well . It is , indeed , quite ...
Pàgina 124
... Canterbury Tales , even if we had no other guidance or means of inference ; and there is infinite pregnancy in the ideas which such passages readily raise . How nearly allied is all this to superstition ! It is easy enough to incline ...
... Canterbury Tales , even if we had no other guidance or means of inference ; and there is infinite pregnancy in the ideas which such passages readily raise . How nearly allied is all this to superstition ! It is easy enough to incline ...
Pàgina 125
... Canterbury Tales arises from the manner and terms in which the Canon's Yeman , man , or servant , is introduced into the ' rout ' of pilgrims along with his master ; the fact that the pilgrims were at Boughton - under - Blee not seeming ...
... Canterbury Tales arises from the manner and terms in which the Canon's Yeman , man , or servant , is introduced into the ' rout ' of pilgrims along with his master ; the fact that the pilgrims were at Boughton - under - Blee not seeming ...
Pàgina 144
... Canterbury Tales has been more heartily admired than that of the Poor Parson , of a town ' or village . It is so simple and Saxon that it needs no comment or glossary ; though we might note , in passing the grave use of the word snub ...
... Canterbury Tales has been more heartily admired than that of the Poor Parson , of a town ' or village . It is so simple and Saxon that it needs no comment or glossary ; though we might note , in passing the grave use of the word snub ...
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Chaucer's England, Volum 2 Matthew BROWNE (pseud. [i.e. William Brighty Rands.]),William Brighty Rands Visualització completa - 1869 |
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