Chaucer for schools [selected, with a metrical version in mod. Engl.] by mrs. H.R. HaweisChatto and Windus, 1881 - 184 páginas |
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... portraits , e.g. , the probability that the two clearly differentiated characters in the Knight's Tale are not only physically represented by two dummy ' kings , ' crowned for flattery's sake or some subtler policy ; but that two living ...
... portraits , e.g. , the probability that the two clearly differentiated characters in the Knight's Tale are not only physically represented by two dummy ' kings , ' crowned for flattery's sake or some subtler policy ; but that two living ...
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... portraits of him done from memory by his young 1 It must not be forgotten , in reading praises of warm and sunny May , often now a bleak and chilly month , that the seasons were a fortnight later at that time , May- day coming therefore ...
... portraits of him done from memory by his young 1 It must not be forgotten , in reading praises of warm and sunny May , often now a bleak and chilly month , that the seasons were a fortnight later at that time , May- day coming therefore ...
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... portraits scattered over the country . The same features recur in all ; the peculiar aquiline nose , mouth a little drooping , eyes downcast , forked beard and fair complexion are the same in all . The face seems shrewd and benevolent ...
... portraits scattered over the country . The same features recur in all ; the peculiar aquiline nose , mouth a little drooping , eyes downcast , forked beard and fair complexion are the same in all . The face seems shrewd and benevolent ...
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... portrait . He begins with a beautiful description of the spring - about the 17th of April , the time usually chosen for long journeys , or for any new un- dertaking , in those days . When we go out into the gardens or the fields , and ...
... portrait . He begins with a beautiful description of the spring - about the 17th of April , the time usually chosen for long journeys , or for any new un- dertaking , in those days . When we go out into the gardens or the fields , and ...
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... portrait of some well - known gentleman's son . 7 Mr. Bell considers that these two lines refer to the Squire's complexion of red and white . Speght thinks it means freckled . But there is little doubt that the material of his dress is ...
... portrait of some well - known gentleman's son . 7 Mr. Bell considers that these two lines refer to the Squire's complexion of red and white . Speght thinks it means freckled . But there is little doubt that the material of his dress is ...
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