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 ii
... found in the following pages . The several republications of the History of Reynard the Fox , which appeared during the seventeenth century , professed to be " newly cor- rected and purged from all grossenesse in phrase and matter ...
... found in the following pages . The several republications of the History of Reynard the Fox , which appeared during the seventeenth century , professed to be " newly cor- rected and purged from all grossenesse in phrase and matter ...
Page iii
... found in them , not to entertain some anxiety as to the feeling with which my slight illustrations of Caxton's language , and his allusions to the manners and custom of the olden times , may be received by those who are better skilled ...
... found in them , not to entertain some anxiety as to the feeling with which my slight illustrations of Caxton's language , and his allusions to the manners and custom of the olden times , may be received by those who are better skilled ...
Page v
... the best book in the world , next to the Bible . * No * See Morhof's Unterricht von der Teutschen Sprache und Poesie , s . 335. The statement was repeated by Hackman in the b such expression is however to be found in any of.
... the best book in the world , next to the Bible . * No * See Morhof's Unterricht von der Teutschen Sprache und Poesie , s . 335. The statement was repeated by Hackman in the b such expression is however to be found in any of.
Page vi
Percy Society. such expression is however to be found in any of his published writings ; yet the following passage , from the fourth of those celebrated satires which he pub- lished in the Low German dialect , will show very distinctly ...
Percy Society. such expression is however to be found in any of his published writings ; yet the following passage , from the fourth of those celebrated satires which he pub- lished in the Low German dialect , will show very distinctly ...
Page xv
... found in Saint Foix's " Essais Historiques sur Paris , " where we are told that Philip le Bel , probably to mortify the Pope ( Boniface VIII , who died 1303 ) , with whom he was on bad terms , caused the " Proces- sion Renart " to be ...
... found in Saint Foix's " Essais Historiques sur Paris , " where we are told that Philip le Bel , probably to mortify the Pope ( Boniface VIII , who died 1303 ) , with whom he was on bad terms , caused the " Proces- sion Renart " to be ...
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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