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 xxv
... thought of noticing the peculiar fitness of the fox and the wolf , formerly the most populous denizens of our coverts , for the parts which they are called upon to perform . We pass this by , however , that we may examine the probable ...
... thought of noticing the peculiar fitness of the fox and the wolf , formerly the most populous denizens of our coverts , for the parts which they are called upon to perform . We pass this by , however , that we may examine the probable ...
Page xxxv
... thought he was suffering from ague , or perhaps from fear of himself . " Be of good cheer , " said the goose , “ I have no wish to terrify you ; not but what I could if I wished , for the wolf whose head you see there , and which I ...
... thought he was suffering from ague , or perhaps from fear of himself . " Be of good cheer , " said the goose , “ I have no wish to terrify you ; not but what I could if I wished , for the wolf whose head you see there , and which I ...
Page xliii
... thought , by which the wolf had been , Had hoped that he the wolf should see , before himself was seen . But finding straight , although too late , he was in piteous case , Cut off from flight , the cunning wight put on a good bold face ...
... thought , by which the wolf had been , Had hoped that he the wolf should see , before himself was seen . But finding straight , although too late , he was in piteous case , Cut off from flight , the cunning wight put on a good bold face ...
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... thought , ' How shall I my serfs avenge ? ' * * After thinking many things , Right into his ear he springs . " * The pain which he caused the lion was so intense , and so little capable of being relieved , that he looked upon it as a ...
... thought , ' How shall I my serfs avenge ? ' * * After thinking many things , Right into his ear he springs . " * The pain which he caused the lion was so intense , and so little capable of being relieved , that he looked upon it as a ...
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... thought it right to give , not only as an extract from a volume of extreme rarity , but as furnishing the curious enquirer into the affinity which exists between our language and the Flemish , with the means of comparing Caxton's ...
... thought it right to give , not only as an extract from a volume of extreme rarity , but as furnishing the curious enquirer into the affinity which exists between our language and the Flemish , with the means of comparing Caxton's ...
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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