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--thouoflovehastlostthytaste,Iguess,Assickmenhaveofsweetandbitterness;andthatheconfessesforhimselfth ...
ButtheMarshalfollowedupthefleeingfoe,andtwobattlesmorehefoughtbeforehebeatthemflattoearth;andthenthe ...
The"HouseofFame"hasnotbeendistinctlytracedtoanyoneforeignsource;buttheinfluenceofbothPetrarchandDant ...
"Well,Iwon'tthistime"--recollectingthattheremightbesomeawkwardnessinaccountingtohismotherforthemeans ...
AstothesentimentsandopinionsofChaucer,then,onmatterssuchasthese,wecanentertainnoreasonabledoubt.Butw ...
weareconstrainedtoshakeourheadsatthetransparentsophistryoftheplea,whichrequiresnoexposure.ForChaucer ...
OFTHEKINGOFOAKENREALM,ANDHISWIFEANDHISCHILD.Ofoldtherewasalandwhichwassomuchawoodland,thataminstrelt ...
"Yes,sir,justoverthebridge,andupthehillwheretheelm-treesmeetoverheadandmakeagreenshade;andthencomest ...
OurfancymayreadilypicturetoitselfthelastdaysofGeoffreyChaucer,andtherayofautumnsunshinewhichgildedhi ...
Theyhadnotgonequitehalfamilewhenatastilebetweentwofieldstheycameuponapooroldman,whomeeklygreetedthem ...
Theotherinstanceisthatofthe"Pardoner'sTale,"whichwouldappeartohavebeenbasedonafabliaunowlost,thought ...
Hisshieldnomore,lesthissinisterhand,Idle,givelifebyshame;andonhisbreastBearingaforestofspears,though ...
Thisassertionisnotonewhichislikelytobegainsaidatthepresentday,whenthereisnotasingleloverofChaucerwho ...
Afterwritingaboutone-fifthofthe22,000versesofwhichtheoriginalFrenchpoemconsists,GuillaumedeLorris,wh ...