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 xii
... lion as the common judge between them . But then , on the other hand , the peculiarities of the nature of the several animals must be brought into play and made of good effect . Thus the cock sings standing upon one leg , and shutting ...
... lion as the common judge between them . But then , on the other hand , the peculiarities of the nature of the several animals must be brought into play and made of good effect . Thus the cock sings standing upon one leg , and shutting ...
Page xvi
... Lion , in a Sirvente , which must have been written between 1169 and 1199 , has an allusion to the story- " E vos juoastes ot moi , E men portastes tiel foi Com Naengris a Reinaert . " Gavaudan , who wrote about 1195 , Peire de Bussinac ...
... Lion , in a Sirvente , which must have been written between 1169 and 1199 , has an allusion to the story- " E vos juoastes ot moi , E men portastes tiel foi Com Naengris a Reinaert . " Gavaudan , who wrote about 1195 , Peire de Bussinac ...
Page xxv
... lion's being invested with regal authority . This circumstance would seem , at once , to contradict the Teutonic , or indeed European origin of the fable . But , setting aside our knowledge that lions were formerly brought into Europe ...
... lion's being invested with regal authority . This circumstance would seem , at once , to contradict the Teutonic , or indeed European origin of the fable . But , setting aside our knowledge that lions were formerly brought into Europe ...
Page xxvi
... lion with sovereignity over all the other animals who figure in these narratives ; another and more satisfactory explanation is afforded by the fact , that there is good reason for believing , that the lion has , in comparatively modern ...
... lion with sovereignity over all the other animals who figure in these narratives ; another and more satisfactory explanation is afforded by the fact , that there is good reason for believing , that the lion has , in comparatively modern ...
Page xxvii
... lion's notice . " The fox alone , when lion is sick , Absents at once himself and physic , A fact which in due course is rung In royal ears by hostile tongue . ' * Lateinische Gedichte des X und XI Jh . Herausgegeben von Jac . Grimm und ...
... lion's notice . " The fox alone , when lion is sick , Absents at once himself and physic , A fact which in due course is rung In royal ears by hostile tongue . ' * Lateinische Gedichte des X und XI Jh . Herausgegeben von Jac . Grimm und ...
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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