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Old and New London
… near for many ages, from the vivid descriptions given by Chaucer of the busy life and stir which blended there with … burnt may have been part of the actual inn described by Chaucer: where, on the eve of a pilgrimage, the pretty …
Old and New London
… &c. "I cannot walk through Southwark without thinking of Chaucer and Shakespeare." Leigh Hunt. Foundation of St. …
Old and New London
… him. We know little enough of Gowerthe "moral Gower," as Chaucer calls himexcept that he came of a knightly family … when blind and full of years, he followed his old friend Chaucer to the tomb. Prosaic and unpoetical as is now the … metropolis more worthy of being called the Poet's Corner. Chaucer, as we shall presently see, has conferred upon the …
Old and New London
… ale of Southwirke Keeps many a gossip from the kirke." Chaucer's host at the Old Tabard drank it, doubtless; and so … back as the fourteenth century we have reason to know, for Chaucer speaks of "the ale of Southwark" in his time; and …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… and perform the greatest part of the matrimonial office. Chaucer describes his "Wife of Bath" as receiving her husband …
Old and New London
… he should ever rival Spenser, or become immortal, like Chaucer. Here he must have come smiling over Falstaff's …
Old and New London
… John of Gaunt "old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster" Chaucer's patron) soon brewed more trouble in St. Paul's for …
Survey of London
… she was a Londoner. It may be remarked that Chausier or Chaucer, the name of the lady nominated to the convent by … means uncommon in London at that period, and moreover that Chaucer the poet, himself a Londoner, was related in some … and 1388. These occur in commemorations of the dead. Cf. Chaucer's Prioress, Canterbury Tales, Prologue, 1. 146 et …
Survey of London
… by Stothard, in his very best manner, with groups from Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Boccaccio. The pictures are not …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… the property in Cordewanerestrete which John de Flaundene, chaucer, and his wife Margery held from the hospital in 1307. …