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What does this mean i stand up like a scholar in pulpit and when the ignorant people all do sit i preach as you have heard me day before and tell a hundred false japes less or more?
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That the narrator feels superior to the people he's talking about
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Who wrote I stand up like a scholar in pulpit And when the ignorant people all do sit I preach as you have heard me say before And tell a hundred false japes less or more?
Chaucer wrote these lines as part of "The Canterbury Tales." The speaker is the character known as the Pardoner, who is a hypocritical and corrupt clergyman. He mocks the idea of true scholarly preaching and admits to telling numerous false stories to deceive the ignorant people.
Why would people want to scholar-official?
There is no such person as a " scholar official."
What is the meaning of ignorance begets ignorance?
Ignorance leads to more ignorance. Example, ignorant people hire ignorant people, because they do know better. Ignorant people do not know that there is some thing better. Ignorant people do not look for smarter ways to do things and to learn more.
Why would people want to become scholar-official?
There is no such person as a " scholar official."
Are whites ignorant people?
No, not collectively as a whole. But there are, in fact, ignorant white people that do exist as there are ignorant people of all races and backgrounds. No ones race determines their intelligence or ignorance or stupidity; the individual, along with their actions, does that.
Who hates PS3?
Ignorant people!
Why are people stupit?
Well, some are born with low IQ scores, or medical problems. Then there are Ignorant people. why are they ignorant? No one knows.
Why are people so ignorant at times?
People are ignorant because they don't know any better; that's what ignorant means, that people don't know any better. Kinda like how your question is redundant because you use the word ignorant but appear to not know the definition and the answer to your question is the definition. Ironic, isn't it?
Why would people become scholar officials?
People want to become scholar officials because when a citizen goes into a higher class you are treated differently. In scholar officials you don't have to pay taxes either.
What is the main cause of prejudice?
People being ignorant and getting to know a person before they meet, judge, and assume how they act because of their ethnicity.
Are gay people cursed?
Only by ignorant and bigoted people.
What are David Beckham's dislikes?
people who are ignorant
