If the nerve is compressed for a short amount of time, it is often able to repair itself but it may take several weeks or months for the symptoms to fully resolve. However, if the compression remains present for a long time, permanent nerve injury may occur.
In line 524 of the General Prologue to his Canterbury Tales Chaucer sums up the character of the parson thus: A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys. He was the best example of a good priest. The only devout and pious churchman in the company, the Parson is extremely poor, but he is rich in holy thoughts and deeds.
THE CANTERBURY TALES. The Canterbury Tales is a work written by Geoffrey Chaucer. During 1380-1392, he wrote the General Prologue and some of Canterbury Tales. By the year 1400, he had completed the Canterbury Tales, perhaps the most famous poem in medieval English! In the General Prologue, Chaucer describes most of the twenty-nine pilgrims whom he encounters at the inn, who are on their way to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.