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 xiii
... names and forms of animals , would fail as com- pletely in catching the spirit of the fable , as he who should attempt to exhibit the animals with all the truth of nature , without human address and without the aimed - at action of men ...
... names and forms of animals , would fail as com- pletely in catching the spirit of the fable , as he who should attempt to exhibit the animals with all the truth of nature , without human address and without the aimed - at action of men ...
Page xiv
... name was chosen , like that of the great Gustavus , 66 " To point a moral and adorn a tale . " 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 ...
... name was chosen , like that of the great Gustavus , 66 " To point a moral and adorn a tale . " 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 ...
Page xvii
... name of the Isangriner , but is unable to do the same for that of the Blavoter . Grimm , however ( and the circumstance of its being the name of the opposite faction , calls for some such explanation ) , assumes that the epithet is ...
... name of the Isangriner , but is unable to do the same for that of the Blavoter . Grimm , however ( and the circumstance of its being the name of the opposite faction , calls for some such explanation ) , assumes that the epithet is ...
Page xix
... ( names of the animals ) ; but we have long felt that the very name of the fox in the French romances upon the subject , served to prove , not only that those romances were not of French origin ( for , had they been so , the old French ...
... ( names of the animals ) ; but we have long felt that the very name of the fox in the French romances upon the subject , served to prove , not only that those romances were not of French origin ( for , had they been so , the old French ...
Page xx
... names applied to the several animals , far from being vague and unmeaning , were originally strictly significant ... name of frequent occurrence in documents of the seventh , eighth , and ninth centuries , the meaning of which has ...
... names applied to the several animals , far from being vague and unmeaning , were originally strictly significant ... name of frequent occurrence in documents of the seventh , eighth , and ninth centuries , the meaning of which has ...
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