Chaucer

Famous quotes containing the word chaucer:

“Whan that the firste cok hath crowe, anoon
Up rist this joly lovere Absolon,
And him arrayeth gay at point devis.
But first he cheweth grain and licoris,
To smellen sweete, er he hadde kembd his heer.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“An haberdasshere and a carpenter,
A webbe, a dyere, and a tapycer,
And they were clothed alle in o lyveree
Of a solempne and a greet fraternitee.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

“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)