More's Utopia, tr. by R. Robynson, pr. from the 2nd ed., 1556. To which is prefixed The life of sir Thos. More by W. Roper, repr. from Hearne's ed., 1716. Ed., with intr., notes by J.R. Lumby |
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... Latin text , and frequent instances of this have been recorded in the notes . It would seem as though Robynson had felt that he was not able to bring out by one English word the whole of what was contained in his original . And this ...
... Latin text , and frequent instances of this have been recorded in the notes . It would seem as though Robynson had felt that he was not able to bring out by one English word the whole of what was contained in his original . And this ...
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... Latin it is difficult to catch at first the meaning of the sentence , ' There be ynow of them that sue for great mens frendshippes ; and therefore thinke it no great hurte if they have not me & c . , ' where thinke is really = think ...
... Latin it is difficult to catch at first the meaning of the sentence , ' There be ynow of them that sue for great mens frendshippes ; and therefore thinke it no great hurte if they have not me & c . , ' where thinke is really = think ...
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... Latin quicum , by placing the preposition as a suffix to the pronoun governed by it . Beside these pronominal peculiarities there are in the text a few peculiar forms of adverbs . In the older English we often find adverbs formed by the ...
... Latin quicum , by placing the preposition as a suffix to the pronoun governed by it . Beside these pronominal peculiarities there are in the text a few peculiar forms of adverbs . In the older English we often find adverbs formed by the ...
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... Latin . In the same way the broken construction in 94. 4 is intelli- gible when we read the original . ' If they tarry in a place longer then one daye , than there every one of them falleth to his owne occupation , and be very gentilly ...
... Latin . In the same way the broken construction in 94. 4 is intelli- gible when we read the original . ' If they tarry in a place longer then one daye , than there every one of them falleth to his owne occupation , and be very gentilly ...
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... Latin tonge , he was not so well sene , as to be hable to judge of the finenes or coursenes of my translation . Wherfore I wente the more sleightlye through with it , propoundynge to my selfe therein , rather to please my sayde frendes ...
... Latin tonge , he was not so well sene , as to be hable to judge of the finenes or coursenes of my translation . Wherfore I wente the more sleightlye through with it , propoundynge to my selfe therein , rather to please my sayde frendes ...
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Amaurote anye avaunce awaye beinge beleve beynge Bishopp bycause Cambridge Cardinall cause certein chaunce citie College comminge common wealth counsell countrey daunger daye death dede divers doth English evel everye farre favour frendes furth geve geven Grace hable hath Henry VIII Highnes honour kepe King's Kinge kynge labour land Latin lawes learninge litle Lord Chauncellor lyfe maner manye matter maye moneye mooste More's mynde myne never nothinge Octavo onelye P. G. TAIT Parliament perceave Plato pleasaunt pleasure prince quod quoth Raphael Realme receave religion Robynson sayd saye selfe Shaks shal shewed Sir Tho Sir Thomas Moore sonne St John's College stoore themselfes thereof therfore theves theyr thinges thinke thou thynge Trinity College tyme University of Cambridge unto Utopians vertue verye warre waye wayges weale publique wherin whome whyche wise witte woorke word wyll ΙΟ
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