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... Prologue . Lastly , he might write an epilogue , perhaps combining it with a prologue to another tale , as a genuine link . Not more than half a dozen of the tales are so deeply impressed with the character of the teller that they would ...
... Prologue . Lastly , he might write an epilogue , perhaps combining it with a prologue to another tale , as a genuine link . Not more than half a dozen of the tales are so deeply impressed with the character of the teller that they would ...
Page 72
... Prologue that he was sowing difficulties - cockles in his clene corn - that would spring up later to plague him . If a story was already written , it might not easily fit any character , and at best its appropriateness would be a matter ...
... Prologue that he was sowing difficulties - cockles in his clene corn - that would spring up later to plague him . If a story was already written , it might not easily fit any character , and at best its appropriateness would be a matter ...
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... prologue did not exist . Suppose Chaucer first wrote the sermon and the tale , and stopped with the prayer quoted ... prologue - which we are imagining away - the note of genuine piety would be heard in these lines . With the prologue ...
... prologue did not exist . Suppose Chaucer first wrote the sermon and the tale , and stopped with the prayer quoted ... prologue - which we are imagining away - the note of genuine piety would be heard in these lines . With the prologue ...
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