The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer, John E. Cunningham, Peter Ackroyd, Ted Stearn, V. A. Kolve & Glending Olson
- First published:
- 15th century
- Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, ENM, Estonian, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian
- Content type: FictionJuvenile
WREN APRIL WITH his showers sweet with fruit Whan that Aprille with his showers sote When the sweet showers of April have pierced WHEN APRIL with his showers sweet with fruit The drought of March has pierced unto the root And bathed each vein with liquor that has power The old saying goes, "In spring a young man's fancy turns to thoughts of love." Whan that April with his showres soote Below the smoking walls of Thebes, two thousand men grappled, sword to sword and hand to hand.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies.
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Freemasonry”. Retained metadata contains “Freemasonry” in the subject metadata and “Freemasonry” in the edition title.
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- “Freemasonry”· in subject
- “Freemasonry”· in edition title
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Editions
Open Library reports 722 editions; 1 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lectures on the philosophy of freemasonry | 1915 | The National masonic research society | English, ENM | — | Public |
Subjects
- Early works to 1800
- Fiction
- Philosophy
- Freemasonry
- Juvenile fiction
- Children's fiction
- Biography
- Freemasons
- English language
- Commentaries
- Death
- Poetry
- England
- Short Stories
- Children's stories
- History and criticism
- Large type books
- Jews
- Criticism and interpretation
- Grammar
- Middle Ages
- Skönlitteratur
- English literature
- manuscripts
- Classic Literature
- New York Times reviewed
- Juvenile poetry
- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Diseases
- England, fiction
- talmud
- Adaptations
- British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)
- Facsímiles
- Fiction, short stories (single author)
- English poetry
- children's stories, english
- Textual Criticism
- Poetry (poetic works by one author)
- Moyen âge
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 722 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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- openlibrary-work:OL531767W
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