Canterbury Tales Pilgrims
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Created by:
czortman on October 12, 2008
Subjects:
british literature, mrszortman, english 12
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Knight | he had followed chivalry, truth, honor, generousness, and courtesy |
| Squire | a lad of fire with locks as curly as if they had been pressed |
| Yeoman | his head was like a nut, his face was brown. He knew the whole of woodcraft up and down. |
| Nun | she had little dogs she would be feeding with roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread. |
| Monk | He let go by the things of yesterday and took the modern world's more spacious way. |
| Friar | His neck was whiter than a lily-flower but strong enough to butt a bruiser down. |
| Merchant | a forking beard and motley dress... upon his head a Flemish beaver hat |
| Oxford Cleric | he preferred having twenty books in read and black ... than costly clothes, fiddle, or psaltery. |
| Serjeant at the Law | Though there was nowhere one so busy as he, he was less busy than he seemed to be |
| Franklin | He lived for pleasure and had always done, for he was Epicurus very son |
| Guildsmen | Trim and fresh their gear would pass for new |
| Cook | But what a pity . . . that he should have an ulcer on his knee. |
| Skipper | If, when he fought, the enemy vessel sank, he sent his prisoners home; they walked the plank |
| Doctor | No one alive could talk as well as he did on points of medicine and of surgery |
| Wife of Bath | She'd have five husbands, all at the church door |
| Parson | rich in holy thought and word; diligent and patient |
| Plowman | he would help the poor for love of Christ and never take a penny |
| Reeve | old and choleric and thin; his beard was shaven closely to the skin |
| Manciple | In buying victuals; he was never rash whether he bought on credit or paid cash |
| Pardoner | hair as yellow as wax, hanig down smoothly like a hank of flax |
| Summoner | his face was on fire, like a herubim, for he had carbuncles |
| Miller | a chap of sixteen stone; his beard was red and broad |
| Host | Bold in his speech, yet wise and full of tack |
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