Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Volume 12Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xix
... France this characteristic fable was then one generation old at least ; that it might , in short , date its rise from the middle of the eleventh century . § vi . We have thus historical testimony to the fact of the story being current ...
... France this characteristic fable was then one generation old at least ; that it might , in short , date its rise from the middle of the eleventh century . § vi . We have thus historical testimony to the fact of the story being current ...
Page xxii
... France , and the western parts of Germany - that these poems have flourished most lux- uriantly , as we shall take the opportunity of showing when we bring these various compositions under the notice of our readers , but Flanders is the ...
... France , and the western parts of Germany - that these poems have flourished most lux- uriantly , as we shall take the opportunity of showing when we bring these various compositions under the notice of our readers , but Flanders is the ...
Page xxxii
... France deposuisse queas ” — but leaving the shaggy covering on his head and paws . This circumstance , as well as the redness of his bleeding limbs , gives rise to many bitter jests ; such as taunting his disloyalty in not always ...
... France deposuisse queas ” — but leaving the shaggy covering on his head and paws . This circumstance , as well as the redness of his bleeding limbs , gives rise to many bitter jests ; such as taunting his disloyalty in not always ...
Page liv
... France . In the Norman French poems , we find many rich and pure streams of this dearly - prized romance : in number and extent , although the oldest of them are not preserved , they far exceed all the other works to which the story of ...
... France . In the Norman French poems , we find many rich and pure streams of this dearly - prized romance : in number and extent , although the oldest of them are not preserved , they far exceed all the other works to which the story of ...
Page lvi
... France , the fable must have assumed its popular form in that country . Another distinction between the two classes of works may here be pointed out . The wolf and his injuries . form the main action of the Latin and Germanic works ...
... France , the fable must have assumed its popular form in that country . Another distinction between the two classes of works may here be pointed out . The wolf and his injuries . form the main action of the Latin and Germanic works ...
Common terms and phrases
aferd agayn Anglo-Saxon ayenst beestis Bellyn Bruyn the bere brynge CAPITULO catte Caxton chyldren comen complayned cosyn coude counseyl court dame dayes deth drede dyde edition euyl eyen fable fatte fayn fayr felde Flemish fore frendes fynde grete Grimm Grymbert gydre gyue hath haue heed herde herte Ibid Isengrim kynge Kywart laye lignage lord the kyng Low German lyke Maleperduys maye moche myght neuer neuew nyght ouer Piers Ploughman poem praye preest quene rede Reinaert Reineke Reynard the Fox Reynardine Reynart sawe sayde saye sette shold shold haue sore sorowe spack stode subtyl suffre theef thenne ther therfore therin therof theyr thise thou thyng thynke tresour trespaced trouthe Tybert tyme vpon wente whan wold haue wolf wordes worship wulf wylle wyse wyste wyth wythout ye haue ye shal yf ye Ysegrym Zwentibold