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... Wife's digressions ? There are four in all , if we let the term include anything in the tale that is too long for its narrative function : the Wife's introduction , setting the Tale " In th'olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour , " when there ...
... Wife's digressions ? There are four in all , if we let the term include anything in the tale that is too long for its narrative function : the Wife's introduction , setting the Tale " In th'olde dayes of the Kyng Arthour , " when there ...
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... Wife gives for telling the story : some woman was bound to give the knight the secret he needed to save his head . So , Midas ' wife went down to the water's edge and whispered , " Myn housbonde hath longe asses erys two ! " And ever ...
... Wife gives for telling the story : some woman was bound to give the knight the secret he needed to save his head . So , Midas ' wife went down to the water's edge and whispered , " Myn housbonde hath longe asses erys two ! " And ever ...
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... Wife herself - express experi- ence , fertility , and life , as in the Wife's lovely , if pagan , reminis- cence : " I have had my world as in my tyme . " The Wife's closing prayer , her last digression , follows directly upon the ...
... Wife herself - express experi- ence , fertility , and life , as in the Wife's lovely , if pagan , reminis- cence : " I have had my world as in my tyme . " The Wife's closing prayer , her last digression , follows directly upon the ...
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