The passage in Chaucer is in the "Flower and the Leaf.". From Wordnik.com. [Rural Hours] Reference
I especially like the comments (on the blog post) in Chaucer's english. From Wordnik.com. [A Top 10 from Chaucer ...] Reference
Historical usage: Geoffrey Chaucer is widely credited as the father of English literature. From Wordnik.com. [2009 September « Motivated Grammar] Reference
That prompted the 18th-century poet-critic John Dryden to term Chaucer "a perpetual fountain of good sense.". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
In one place he calls Chaucer "The worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our English.". From Wordnik.com. [English Literature for Boys and Girls] Reference
The scholar in Chaucer is described as going. From Wordnik.com. [Sounding Romantic: The Sound of Sound] Reference
The Squire's Tale in Chaucer, which is broken off in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [MacMillan's Reading Books Book V] Reference
And yes, Daily Life in Chaucer’s England is an amazing second. From Wordnik.com. [Come On In, the Water’s Fine « Snarkmarket] Reference
I used dwale because I loved the sound of it — it was the name used in Chaucer’s day. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Sarah Micklem, Part Two] Reference
Now if only there had been a picture of Dolphins reading “Daily Life in Chaucer’s England”!. From Wordnik.com. [Come On In, the Water’s Fine « Snarkmarket] Reference
And Chaucer is by Peter Ackroyd (be sure to scroll down on the article and take a gander at his picture. From Wordnik.com. [Should I? Or Shouldn’t I? « So Many Books] Reference
The first author who marks the new era is Arreboe (1587-1637), who has been called the Chaucer of Denmark. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities] Reference
An account follows of doings, studies, and prayers, by no means edifying, and which recalls Chaucer rather than St. Francis. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Speight's "Chaucer," he compiled therefrom an ingenious glossary, for his own use, in two parts. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The passage of Chaucer which is referred to, as an authority for this word, is the following, Canterb. From Wordnik.com. [The Rowley Poems] Reference
But did it occur to you that this "Holden Caulfield"-type voice is just another scrim layered on top of the other scrim "Chaucer"?. From Wordnik.com. [Chaucer Revealed, sort of...] Reference
But Chaucer is a really, really close second. From Wordnik.com. [Come On In, the Water’s Fine « Snarkmarket] Reference
Mr. Ellis was deep in seeing the famous "Chaucer" through the press, and. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors] Reference
Tyrwhitt's "Chaucer" and Ritson's publications have been already mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
During the 1200s authors such as Chaucer wrote about women who routinely made lengthy journeys riding astride. From Wordnik.com. [Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines] Reference
People such as Chaucer spelled as they pronounced, much like the amusing efforts of young children when they forst learn to rite. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Bettany quite clearly belongs in roles such as Chaucer (A Knight's Tale) whilst Dennis Quaid can't seem to escape from being in bad movies. From Wordnik.com. [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Nature’s life,” is expressed with a poetical feeling such as Chaucer might have known had he not, as a court poet, been too genteel. From Wordnik.com. [Old Familiar Faces] Reference
1688, and France another in 1789; that there once lived certain notable men called Chaucer, Shakspeare, Milton, Voltaire, Goethe, Schiller. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews] Reference
Gower died in 1408, eight years after his friend Chaucer. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
The author of a poem contemporary with Chaucer, in the 14th century, says. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
My pleasures came instead from Chaucer, Milton, Dickens and college journalism. From Wordnik.com. [The writing life of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Harold Varmus] Reference
The window above it is most appropriately dedicated to Gower's contemporary, Chaucer. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
From this latter store of stock and example, Chaucer drew to supply his muse with material. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
And It brought forth torrents of words, Shakespeare, Dryden, Chaucer, Dylan Thomas, and his own. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
"Beowulf" was written before the 11th century, and Chaucer wrote "The Canterbury Tales" in the 14th century. From Wordnik.com. [Are British or American Writers Better?] Reference
If Chaucer is called the father of our later English poetry, Wycliffe should be called the father of our later English prose. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
For every savvy Chaucer (a career diplomat) or Vaclav Havel, there seem to be a dozen Allen Ginsbergs trying to levitate the Pentagon. From Wordnik.com. [The Voices Of Dissent] Reference
How can I hope to like or even comprehend an English version of Caedmon, or, later, Chaucer, if I cannot yet see the beauty of Whittier?. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
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