Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“on a Saterday
This carpenter was goon til Oseney,
And hende Nicholas and Alisoun
Accorded been to this conclusioun,
That Nicholas shal shapen hem a wile
This sely jalous housbonde to bigile,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Jalous he was, and heeld hire narwe in cage,
For she was wilde and yong, and he was old,”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Curteis he was, lowely, and servysable,
And carf biforn his fader at the table.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)