Bell's Edition, Volúmenes1-2J. Bell, 1782 |
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... suppose , of a mf . Neither of those books , though seemingly complete , has any preface or advertisement . ( b ) Pref . to Caxton's 2d edit . from a copy in the library of that the Preface informs us that it was printed fix ( A ) ...
... suppose , of a mf . Neither of those books , though seemingly complete , has any preface or advertisement . ( b ) Pref . to Caxton's 2d edit . from a copy in the library of that the Preface informs us that it was printed fix ( A ) ...
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... suppose that he meant to attribute the Vifions to Chaucer , though in fact the one might as well be attributed to him as the other .-- Notwithstanding the immoderate length of this note I must not fupprefs another teftimony which may be ...
... suppose that he meant to attribute the Vifions to Chaucer , though in fact the one might as well be attributed to him as the other .-- Notwithstanding the immoderate length of this note I must not fupprefs another teftimony which may be ...
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... suppose that the introduction of the French language was a confequence only and not an ob- jea of his policy . 46 66 65 ( 7 ) I apprehend that long before this time the Danish tongue had ceased to be spoken in Normandy ; it was never ...
... suppose that the introduction of the French language was a confequence only and not an ob- jea of his policy . 46 66 65 ( 7 ) I apprehend that long before this time the Danish tongue had ceased to be spoken in Normandy ; it was never ...
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... suppose it to have happened at the time which he thought beft ; he was only to take care , when the time was once fixed , that no cir- cumitances were admitted into his poem which might clath or be inconfiftent with the date of it ...
... suppose it to have happened at the time which he thought beft ; he was only to take care , when the time was once fixed , that no cir- cumitances were admitted into his poem which might clath or be inconfiftent with the date of it ...
Página clxxxv
... suppose ) is not near fo correct as it is in the edit . of 1475. As this ftanza contains Boccace's own account of the intention of his poem I thall transcribe it here from that edition . It is the beginning of his conclufion ; Poi che ...
... suppose ) is not near fo correct as it is in the edit . of 1475. As this ftanza contains Boccace's own account of the intention of his poem I thall transcribe it here from that edition . It is the beginning of his conclufion ; Poi che ...
Términos y frases comunes
alfo alſo anon Arcite Author becauſe beft beſt Boccace Canterbury Canterbury Tales Chaucer cofin coude Crift Cuftance Decameron doun Du Cange Duke edition Emelie English faid fame fayd fayre fays fecond feems feen fenfe fent feveral fhal fhall fhuld fignify firft firſt flain fome French French language ftill fuch fuppofe fwiche fyllables GEOFFREY CHAUCER goth gret grete hath herte himſelf hire honour King knight laft language Layamon litel Lord metre moft moſt obferve Ormulum paffage Palamon perfon Petrarch Plowman's Tale poem poet prefent probably Prologue quod reafon rhyme Robert of Brunne Roman de Rou Saxon ſay ſeems Seint ſhe ſpeaks Tale tellen Thebes thee thefe Thefeida ther theſe thofe Thomas Chaucer thoſe thou thould tranflated trewe unto uſed verfe verſe whan wife withouten wold word
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Página xxv - We can only say that he lived in the infancy of our poetry, and that nothing is brought to perfection at the first. We must be children before we grow men. There was an Ennius, and in process of time a Lucilius and a Lucretius, before Virgil and Horace...
Página ccxxxvi - A CLERK ther was of Oxenford also, That unto logik hadde longe y-go. As lene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But loked holwe, and ther-to soberly.
Página ccxix - A KNIGHT ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To ryden out, he loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisye.
Página 3 - The yelding of his seed, and of his grain. His lordes shepe, his nete, and his deirie, His swine, his hors, his store, and his pultrie, Were holly in this reves governing, And by his covenant yave he rekening, Sin that his lord was twenty yere of age; Ther coude no man bring him in arerage. Ther n'as baillif, ne herde, ne other hine, That he ne knew his sleight and his covine: They were adradde of him, as of the deth. His wonning was ful fayre upon an heth, With grene trees yshadewed was his place.
Página cclii - The MILLER was a stout carl for the nones, Ful bigge he was of braun, and eke of bones; That proved wel, for over all ther he came, At wrastling he wold bere away the ram. He was short shuldered brode, a thikke gnarre, Ther n'as no dore, that he n'olde heve of barre, Or breke it at a renning with his hede.
Página 28 - For which thou art ybounden as a knight To helpen me, if it lie in thy might, Or elles art thou false I dare well say'n.
Página 54 - And they him sware his axing fayr and wel, And him of lordship and of mercie praid, And he hem granted grace, and thus he said : To speke of real linage and richesse, Though that she were a quene or a...
Página 5 - Than wolde he speke, and crie as he were wood. And whan that he wel dronken had the win, Than wold he speken no word but Latin.
Página ccxxxvi - Than robes riche, or fidel, or sautrie. But all be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Página 42 - Theseus, his squyer principal, 640 is risen, and loketh on the myrie day. And, for to doon his observaunce to May, Remembring on the poynt of his desyr, He on a courser...