 | Lars Edman - 1861 - 100 ページ
...is different; the Reeve, the Miller and the Cook, are several men, and distinguished from each other as the mincing Lady Prioress and the broad-speaking...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers... | |
 | Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 ページ
...some are unlearned (or as Chaucer calls them lewd), and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller and...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow.' Some of Chaucer's characters were virtuous, some vicious ; some learned, some ignorant ; but even the... | |
 | Katherine Thomson - 1862 - 328 ページ
...some are unlearned (or as Chaucer calls them lewd), and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller and...Bath. But. enough of this : there is such a variety of THE KNIGHT'S TALE. 41 game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not... | |
 | John Dryden - 1897 - 764 ページ
...some are unlearned or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers and great-grandames all before us, as they were in Chaucer's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 ページ
...unlearned, or, as Chaucer calls them, lewd, and some are [earned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters ia different. The reeve, the miller, and the cook are...prioress, and the broadspeaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. We have our forefathers, and great grand-dames all before us, as they were in Chanoer's days. Their... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different. The Reeve, the Miller, and...other, as much as the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad -speaking gap-toothed Wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the lower characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad-speaking, gape-toothed Wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1871 - 524 ページ
...TALK. 117 learned. Even the ribaldry of the low character* is different The reeve, the miller, atid the cook are several men, and distinguished from each...prioress, and the broadspeaking, gap-toothed wife of Bath. Wa have our forefather*, and great grand-dames all before us, us they were in Chaucer's days. Their... | |
 | James Mercer Garnett - 1890 - 730 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd,45 and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different ; the Reeve, the Miller, and...the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad-speaking, gap-toothed,46 Wife of Bath. P.ut enough of this ; there is such a variety of game springing up before... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1890 - 476 ページ
...distinguished by their several sorts of gravity. " Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different. But " there is such a variety of game springing up before...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. " It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is " God's plenty." And soon after he... | |
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But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. 
