Chaucer's Canterbury PilgrimageWilliam Blackwood and Sons, 1892 - 283 páginas |
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... king himself , and was by him employed on various embassies and expeditions to Continental countries in connection with important matters affecting the interests of England . That he performed these duties to the satisfaction of the ...
... king himself , and was by him employed on various embassies and expeditions to Continental countries in connection with important matters affecting the interests of England . That he performed these duties to the satisfaction of the ...
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... king . Be that as it may , Chaucer's fortunes became intimately connected with those of the great duke , who was a liberal patron ; and for a considerable time prior to 1386 , he was in circum- stances of much worldly prosperity , and ...
... king . Be that as it may , Chaucer's fortunes became intimately connected with those of the great duke , who was a liberal patron ; and for a considerable time prior to 1386 , he was in circum- stances of much worldly prosperity , and ...
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... king in the year 1372 , he visited Italy , and there learned and afterwards adopted the more artistic and polished diction of the Italian school . In all likelihood he knew both Boccaccio and Petrarch personally , though it is somewhat ...
... king in the year 1372 , he visited Italy , and there learned and afterwards adopted the more artistic and polished diction of the Italian school . In all likelihood he knew both Boccaccio and Petrarch personally , though it is somewhat ...
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... king came there with all his clarions and minstrelsy ; " musicians and story- tellers were hired to beguile the way , and we are told that " many of them , for half a year after the pilgrimage , were , in the places where they lived ...
... king came there with all his clarions and minstrelsy ; " musicians and story- tellers were hired to beguile the way , and we are told that " many of them , for half a year after the pilgrimage , were , in the places where they lived ...
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... King Alla , all his mis- chance ; and Constance had to be brought before the king , charged with the murder of her dearest friend . She was alone - a stranger in a strange land ; she had no one to plead for her ; but yet , though with a ...
... King Alla , all his mis- chance ; and Constance had to be brought before the king , charged with the murder of her dearest friend . She was alone - a stranger in a strange land ; she had no one to plead for her ; but yet , though with a ...
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