 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1795 - 322 pages
...Difcipuli. • § 20. The Clarke's Tale is in a different ftrain from the three preceding. He tells us in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua ; and this (by the way) is all the ground that I can find for the notion that Chaucer had feen Petrarch (20)... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 670 pages
...as will be shewn hereafter. 6 This is not accurately stated. " Chaucer (says Mr. Tyrwhitt) tells us in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua; and this (by the way) is all the authority that I can find for the notion that Chaucer had seen Petrarch... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 pages
...as will be shewn hereafter. 6 This is not accurately stated. " Chaucer (says Mr. Tyrwhitt) tells us in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua ; and this (by the way) is all the authority that I can find for the notion that Chaucer had seen Petrarch... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1814 - 424 pages
...the Clerke of Oxenforde, in his Canterbury Tales. The clerke declares in his prologue, that he heard it from Petrarch at Padua ; and if we may believe...Petrarch, who, before translating it into Latin, had learned it by heart, in order to repeat it to his friends. The tale became so popular in France, that... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1816 - 518 pages
...Latin in 1373. Chaucer, who borrowed the story from Petrarch, assigns it to the Clerk of Oxenfprde, in his Canterbury Tales. The clerk declares in his...into Latin, had got it by heart, in order to repeat to his friends. The tale became so popular in France, that the comedians of Paris represented, in 1393,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 364 pages
...writing *. § XX. THE CLERKES TALE is in a different strain from the three preceding. He tells us, in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua ; and this, by the way, is all the ground that I can find for the notion that Chaucer had seen * I am obliged... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1830 - 368 pages
...writing *. § XX. THE CLERKES TALE is in a different strain from the three preceding. He tells us, in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua ; and this, by the way, is all the ground that I can find for the notion that Chaucer had seen * I am obliged... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1842 - 462 pages
...that Boccaccio was ashamed of the work,) read it with much admiration, as appears from his letters, and translated it into Latin in 1373. Chaucer, who...into Latin, had got it by heart, in order to repeat to his friends. The tale became so popular in France, that the comedians of Paris represented, in 1393,... | |
 | John Colin Dunlop - 1845 - 492 pages
...his letters, and translated it into Latin in 1373. Chaucer, who borrowed the story from Petrarcfi, assigns it To the Clerk of Oxenforde, in his Canterbury...into Latin, had got it by heart, in order to repeat to his friends. The tale became so popular in France, that the comedians of Paris represented, in 1393,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1845 - 348 pages
...writing.* i. § XX. THE CLERKES TALE is in a different strain from the three preceding. He tells us, in his Prologue, that he learned it from Petrarch at Padua ; and this, by the way, is all the ground that I can find for the . * I am obliged to Mr. Steevens for pointing... | |
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Boccaccio was ashamed of the work,) read it with much admiration, as appears from his letters, and translated it into Latin in 1373. Chaucer, who borrowed the story from Petrarch, assigns it to the Clerk of Oxenforde, in his Canterbury Tales. The clerk... 
