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 ix
... Wolves tonsured into Monks and nigh starved by short commons , Foxes pilgriming to Rome for absolution , Cocks pleading at the judgment - bar , make strange mummery . Nor is this Wild Parody of Human Life without its meaning and moral ...
... Wolves tonsured into Monks and nigh starved by short commons , Foxes pilgriming to Rome for absolution , Cocks pleading at the judgment - bar , make strange mummery . Nor is this Wild Parody of Human Life without its meaning and moral ...
Page xii
... wolf , who speaks their language , when he prays to be received into the monastery . The peasant enters into a formal contract with the fox on the subject of his poultry , and in his trial with the animal , recognizes the lion as the ...
... wolf , who speaks their language , when he prays to be received into the monastery . The peasant enters into a formal contract with the fox on the subject of his poultry , and in his trial with the animal , recognizes the lion as the ...
Page xiii
... wolf , does the fox avail himself of all his natural cunning . In like manner , the cat's deeply - impressed propensity for mice , the bear's fondness for honey , are necessary levers of the fable , from which the most taking situations ...
... wolf , does the fox avail himself of all his natural cunning . In like manner , the cat's deeply - impressed propensity for mice , the bear's fondness for honey , are necessary levers of the fable , from which the most taking situations ...
Page xvii
... wolf in the 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 ...
... wolf in the 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 ...
Page xviii
... wolf exhibit those peculiar traits by which they are characterized in the Reynardine fables , afforded by the Abbot Guibert de Nogent in his Autobiography . It proves them to have been as familiar to the natives of Picardy at the ...
... wolf exhibit those peculiar traits by which they are characterized in the Reynardine fables , afforded by the Abbot Guibert de Nogent in his Autobiography . It proves them to have been as familiar to the natives of Picardy at the ...
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