Criseyde
Britishnoun
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"Go, litel book!" wrote Chaucer at the end of Troilus and Criseyde, sending his work on a journey that no man could complete.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quod tho Criseyde, and therwith-al him kiste, 1350 That where his spirit was, for Ioye he niste.
From Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer, Geoffrey
The idea of "Troilus and Criseyde," borrowed from Boccaccio, had been transformed; the general plan and the setting of the "Tales" are modified more profoundly yet.
From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules
But they are not better in this respect than Troilus and Criseyde, which is the chief thing in Chaucer’s Italian period.
From Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 by Ker, W. P. (William Paton)
The thought of love as the harmonizing bond between diverse elements is dealt with more poetically in Troilus and Criseyde, Bk.
From Astronomical Lore in Chaucer by Grimm, Florence M.
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