Quotes Flashcards
“never in all his life had he been rude to anyone at all.” (5)
Knight
“So hotly did he love that at night he slept no more than a nightingale.” (7)
Squire
“His arrows never droop with tired feathers.” (7)
Yeoman
“She had a few small dogs that she fed with roast meat, or milk and fine bread; but she wept indeed if one of them died, or ig someone hit it smartly with a stick.” (9)
Prioress
“He was a fine fat lord, in splendid shape: his protruding eyes rolled in his head like a furnace under a pot” (11)
Monk
“His eyes twinkled in his head just like the stars on a frosty night” (15)
Friar
“This worthy man made good use of his wits; no one knew he was in debt.” (15)
Merchant
“He would rather have twenty volumes of Aristotle and his philosophy, bound in black or red, at the head of his bed than rich robes, or a fiddle or lively harp.” (15)
Clerk of Oxford
“Now here was there a man as busy as he– and yet he seemed busier than he was.” (17)
Sergeant of the Law
“It was always his custom to live pleasurably, for he was own son to Epicurus, who believed that complete pleasure equaled true and perfect happiness.” (17)
Franklin
“every one of them, because of wisdom, was suited to be an alderman” (19)
Haberdasher, Carpenter, Weaver, Dyer, and Tapestry Maker
“But it was a shame, it seemed to me, that he had an ulcer on his shin.” (19)
Cook
“he paid no mind to fussy conscience; if he fought and had the upper hand, he sent his captives home to every land by water.” (21)
Shipman
“Since gold in medicine is a stimulant, therefore he loved gold especially.” (23)
Doctor of Medicine
“She was gap-toothed, to tell the truth.” (23)
Wife of Bath
“that he practiced first and preached afterwards” (25)
Parson
“He was a good and faithful laborer, living in peace and perfect charity.” (27)
Plowman
“There was no door that he could not heave from its hinges or break at a run with his head.” (27)
Miller
“He was always so careful in his buying that he was always ahead and prosperous” (29)
Manciple
“There was no bailiff, or shepherd or other laborer whose tricks were unknown to him; they were scared to death of him.” (29)
Reeve
“he was as hot and lecherous as a sparrow.” (31)
Summoner
“I expect he was a gelding or a mare.” (35)
Pardoner
“he was bold in his speech, prudent, and well taught; and he lacked no manly quality.” (37)
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