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 vii
... Grimm , in the very first chapter of his introductory essay to the valuable work which he has published upon the ... Grimm . Berlin , 1834 , 8vo . The work is dedicated to Lachman , to whom , in the year 1840 , he addressed a supplement ...
... Grimm , in the very first chapter of his introductory essay to the valuable work which he has published upon the ... Grimm . Berlin , 1834 , 8vo . The work is dedicated to Lachman , to whom , in the year 1840 , he addressed a supplement ...
Page xii
... Grimm speaks as follows : " In the first place , the fable must exhibit the animals as being endowed with human reason , and initiated into all the customs and conditions of our mode of living , so that their behaviour has nothing at ...
... Grimm speaks as follows : " In the first place , the fable must exhibit the animals as being endowed with human reason , and initiated into all the customs and conditions of our mode of living , so that their behaviour has nothing at ...
Page xiii
... Grimm denies that there exists in them any tendency to satire . He doubts , moreover , and with good show of reason , whether their object was didactic . " Fable , " says he , " is now entirely instructive , yet I believe its first ...
... Grimm denies that there exists in them any tendency to satire . He doubts , moreover , and with good show of reason , whether their object was didactic . " Fable , " says he , " is now entirely instructive , yet I believe its first ...
Page xiv
... Grimm produces a host of witnesses to show how widely spread and favourably received Reynard's His- tory was in the days gone by . Gautier de Coinsi , one of the best poets of his age , who , as a pious ecclesiastic , held in slight ...
... Grimm produces a host of witnesses to show how widely spread and favourably received Reynard's His- tory was in the days gone by . Gautier de Coinsi , one of the best poets of his age , who , as a pious ecclesiastic , held in slight ...
Page xvii
... Grimm , however ( and the circumstance of its being the name of the opposite faction , calls for some such explanation ) , assumes that the epithet is connected with the history of the fox , who , as he shows very clearly , was some ...
... Grimm , however ( and the circumstance of its being the name of the opposite faction , calls for some such explanation ) , assumes that the epithet is connected with the history of the fox , who , as he shows very clearly , was some ...
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