ACretanarcher'sshaft,moresureofaimThanvowscouldhopefor,strikesonScaeva'sbrowTolightwithinhiseye:theh ...
Chaucer,Agnes(Chaucer'smother).Chaucer,Geoffrey,difficultiesastohisbiography.thedateofhisbirth.hisna ...
Itisthus,withafewmodestbutmanifestlytruthfultouches,thatChaucer,afterthemannerofcertaingreatpainters ...
Agoodmanwasthereofreligion,AndwasapooreParsonofatown.Butrichhewasofholythoughtandwork.Hewasalsoalear ...
Pompeius'waytofreedom.NowhetrustsHisshieldnomore,lesthissinisterhand,Idle,givelifebyshame;andonhisbr ...
Meanwhiletheyoungestrioter,ashewentuptothetown,revolvedinhisheartthebeautyofthebrightnewflorins,ands ...
"VisionconcerningPiersPlowman.""WifeofBath'sTale."the"WifeofBath.""WordsuntohisownScrivener."Wycliff ...
Andwiththatword,thehuntbreakingup,theknightandthepoetdeparttoa"longcastlewithwhitewallsonarichhill"( ...
Pannonian,fiercerforthewoundreceived,MaddenedbydartfromLibyanthongpropelled,Turnscirclingonherwound, ...
seemlikewisedramaticreminiscences;andtheoccurrenceofthesethreeallusionsinasingle"Tale"andits"Prologu ...
Butanotherofhisusages--themisunderstandingofwhichhasmorethananythingelsecausedhisartasawriterofverse ...
Hereupontheactionofthepoemopens.Afemaleeagleiswooedbythreesuitors--alleagles;butamongthemthefirst,or ...
Theoldwomanhadnotyetreturnedfromchurch,orfromtheweeklygossiporneighbourlyteawhichsucceeded.Thehusban ...
HowlongChaucerhadbeenengageduponthe"CanterburyTales"itisimpossibletodecide.Noprocessismorehazardoust ...
Chaucer'sEngland,itspopulation.theBlackDeath.London.nationalspirit.trade.declineofthefeudalsystem.co ...