The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With Poems Formely Printed Withhis Or Attributed to HimG. Bell and Sons, 1906 |
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... original ) was pining in prison , but was consoled by Philosophy , who appeared to him in the form of a beautiful and gentle woman , and reasoned with him on the dispensations of divine providence . Now The Testament of Love ' is a ...
... original ) was pining in prison , but was consoled by Philosophy , who appeared to him in the form of a beautiful and gentle woman , and reasoned with him on the dispensations of divine providence . Now The Testament of Love ' is a ...
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... eyes to see , and who are sufficiently acquainted with Middle - English to apprehend , such clear and con- sistent evidences of an original northern origin , as to · settle the question beyond all doubt . * To which 8 PRELIMINARY.
... eyes to see , and who are sufficiently acquainted with Middle - English to apprehend , such clear and con- sistent evidences of an original northern origin , as to · settle the question beyond all doubt . * To which 8 PRELIMINARY.
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... evidence of his birth and fortune , for only young men of noble and opulent families could support the expense of this Inn . ' VOL . I. than Chaucer's own singular declaration that his original was a GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 17.
... evidence of his birth and fortune , for only young men of noble and opulent families could support the expense of this Inn . ' VOL . I. than Chaucer's own singular declaration that his original was a GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 17.
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... original was a Latin author called Lollius . ' No such book or author has ever been discovered to have existed ; and the substance of the poem , which Chaucer amplified and altered , is to be found in the Filostrato of Boccaccio.1 The ...
... original was a Latin author called Lollius . ' No such book or author has ever been discovered to have existed ; and the substance of the poem , which Chaucer amplified and altered , is to be found in the Filostrato of Boccaccio.1 The ...
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... original source . That he has not acknowledged his obligations to Boccaccio elsewhere is nothing to the purpose ; for in those instances he makes no acknowledgment whatever , while here he goes out of his way to make an explicit avowal ...
... original source . That he has not acknowledged his obligations to Boccaccio elsewhere is nothing to the purpose ; for in those instances he makes no acknowledgment whatever , while here he goes out of his way to make an explicit avowal ...
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