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 i
... make use of them , realizes Chaucer's admirable description of the true scholar- " Full gladly wold he lerne , and gladly teche . " I beg publicly to return to him my best thanks and acknowledgments , for the readiness with which , at ...
... make use of them , realizes Chaucer's admirable description of the true scholar- " Full gladly wold he lerne , and gladly teche . " I beg publicly to return to him my best thanks and acknowledgments , for the readiness with which , at ...
Page ix
... make strange mummery . Nor is this Wild Parody of Human Life without its meaning and moral : it is an Air - pageant from Fancy's Dream grotto , yet Wisdom lurks in it ; as we gaze , the vision becomes poetic and prophetic . A true Irony ...
... make strange mummery . Nor is this Wild Parody of Human Life without its meaning and moral : it is an Air - pageant from Fancy's Dream grotto , yet Wisdom lurks in it ; as we gaze , the vision becomes poetic and prophetic . A true Irony ...
Page xx
... make those observations on the name of the fox , which form the passage which follows . 6 " Renart , Reinhart , in its earlier form Reginhart , still earlier Raginohard , Ragnohard , is a proper name of frequent occurrence in documents ...
... make those observations on the name of the fox , which form the passage which follows . 6 " Renart , Reinhart , in its earlier form Reginhart , still earlier Raginohard , Ragnohard , is a proper name of frequent occurrence in documents ...
Page xxv
... make on the fact of the lion , a stranger , in our days at least , to the forests of the European continent , appearing in these histories as the acknowledged king of beasts . We had thought of noticing the peculiar fitness of the fox ...
... make on the fact of the lion , a stranger , in our days at least , to the forests of the European continent , appearing in these histories as the acknowledged king of beasts . We had thought of noticing the peculiar fitness of the fox ...
Page xxxi
... makes no reply to his thrice proffered salutation . " Pulcra , ” remarks the Fox aside , " Pulcra , ' ait , hic merces pro pietate datur ; ' " and then , in answer to the questions of his sovereign , he explains that , upon the ...
... makes no reply to his thrice proffered salutation . " Pulcra , ” remarks the Fox aside , " Pulcra , ' ait , hic merces pro pietate datur ; ' " and then , in answer to the questions of his sovereign , he explains that , upon the ...
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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