Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“This carpenter hadde wedded newe a wif
Which that he loved more than his lif.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“Thou saist that dropping houses and eek smoke
And chiding wives maken men to flee
Out of hir owene hous: a, benedicite,
What aileth swich an old man for to chide?”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“And he was redy with his iren hoot,
And Nicholas amidde the ers he smoot:”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)