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Page 160
... unto the tent . POPE . CHAUCER . The fourth order throws the pause after the seventh syllable , and is still more dignified and lofty than the third , which it resembles in the mildness of its accent , and the softness of its pause ...
... unto the tent . POPE . CHAUCER . The fourth order throws the pause after the seventh syllable , and is still more dignified and lofty than the third , which it resembles in the mildness of its accent , and the softness of its pause ...
Page 164
... unto the root , And bathed every vein with liquid power , Whose virtue rare engendereth the flower ; When Zephyrus also with his fragrant breath Inspired hath in every grove and heath The tender shoots of green , and the young sun ...
... unto the root , And bathed every vein with liquid power , Whose virtue rare engendereth the flower ; When Zephyrus also with his fragrant breath Inspired hath in every grove and heath The tender shoots of green , and the young sun ...
Page 168
... unto herself , the elements of which law are tenderness , simplicity , and truth . She is delicate without being fastidious ; affable with- out familiarity ; and courteous without officiousness . And of a truth she was of great disport ...
... unto herself , the elements of which law are tenderness , simplicity , and truth . She is delicate without being fastidious ; affable with- out familiarity ; and courteous without officiousness . And of a truth she was of great disport ...
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... Unto his order he was rare support . Right well beloved in fellowship was he , With jolly franklins all , and yeomanry ; And eke with women , of each town the flower , For in confession he possessed a power More than a curate , as ...
... Unto his order he was rare support . Right well beloved in fellowship was he , With jolly franklins all , and yeomanry ; And eke with women , of each town the flower , For in confession he possessed a power More than a curate , as ...
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... Unto his poor parishioners about , Of his own substance , and his offerings too . His wants were humble , and his needs but few . This great poem forms a living picture of the man- ners of the poet's age : but of the Tales themselves ...
... Unto his poor parishioners about , Of his own substance , and his offerings too . His wants were humble , and his needs but few . This great poem forms a living picture of the man- ners of the poet's age : but of the Tales themselves ...
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