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William Minto. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. - GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 1. His Life , Character , and Works , II . His Words ... CHAUCER'S CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS . 1. ENGLISH CONTEMPORARIES , - 1. William Langland.- -2 . John Gower . - 3 ...
William Minto. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. - GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 1. His Life , Character , and Works , II . His Words ... CHAUCER'S CONTEMPORARIES AND SUCCESSORS . 1. ENGLISH CONTEMPORARIES , - 1. William Langland.- -2 . John Gower . - 3 ...
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... Chaucer's first poetical efforts was a translation of the ' Romance of the Rose ; ' and when we keep in view that French could hardly have been less familiar to him than English was ... Chaucer owed as much to Guillaume 4 GEOFFREY CHAUCER :
... Chaucer's first poetical efforts was a translation of the ' Romance of the Rose ; ' and when we keep in view that French could hardly have been less familiar to him than English was ... Chaucer owed as much to Guillaume 4 GEOFFREY CHAUCER :
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... Chaucer had no character of his own . He received his impulse from the French : he made liberal use of their forms and their materials ; yet his works bear the impress and breathe the spirit of a strong individuality ; and this indi ...
... Chaucer had no character of his own . He received his impulse from the French : he made liberal use of their forms and their materials ; yet his works bear the impress and breathe the spirit of a strong individuality ; and this indi ...
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... Chaucer's birth ; and this , sug- gested by the description of Chaucer in 1386 as " forty years and upwards , " is rather confirmed by the discovery that Richard Chaucer , who died in 1349 , was his grand- father , and not his father ...
... Chaucer's birth ; and this , sug- gested by the description of Chaucer in 1386 as " forty years and upwards , " is rather confirmed by the discovery that Richard Chaucer , who died in 1349 , was his grand- father , and not his father ...
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... Chaucer's time , the success- ful poets of France had been in the habit of receiving muni- ficent presents , which enabled them to give their whole time to poetry . Chaucer was not so fortunate , or unfortunate ; his patron , instead of ...
... Chaucer's time , the success- ful poets of France had been in the habit of receiving muni- ficent presents , which enabled them to give their whole time to poetry . Chaucer was not so fortunate , or unfortunate ; his patron , instead of ...
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Page 279 - Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound...
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Page 277 - As the soul of Euphorbus was thought to live in Pythagoras, so the sweet witty soul of Ovid lives in mellifluous and honey-tongued Shakespeare ; witness his Venus and Adonis, his Lucrece, his sugared sonnets among his private friends, &c.
Page 367 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!— Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse...
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