Chaucer: A Bibliographical ManualMacmillan, 1908 - 579 pages |
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... Chaucer of 1598 , with notes on the changes made in 1602. Notes on the biographies by Winstanley , by Phillips , by Blount , by Dart in the Urry Chaucer , on that in the Bio- graphia Britannica , in the Bibliotheca Britannico ...
... Chaucer of 1598 , with notes on the changes made in 1602. Notes on the biographies by Winstanley , by Phillips , by Blount , by Dart in the Urry Chaucer , on that in the Bio- graphia Britannica , in the Bibliotheca Britannico ...
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... Chaucer . F. arranged . Translations . Note on the Influence The Dates of the Tales . On the Relative Dates of the Tales . G. The Separate Tales , in Order as in the Oxford Chaucer , i . e ... CHAUCER The study of Chaucer's X CONTENTS.
... Chaucer . F. arranged . Translations . Note on the Influence The Dates of the Tales . On the Relative Dates of the Tales . G. The Separate Tales , in Order as in the Oxford Chaucer , i . e ... CHAUCER The study of Chaucer's X CONTENTS.
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... Chaucer Society , of a number of official records throwing light upon Chaucer's life . All these records , forming the authentic foundation for a biography of the poet , are printed by the Society as the Life - Records below noted . The ...
... Chaucer Society , of a number of official records throwing light upon Chaucer's life . All these records , forming the authentic foundation for a biography of the poet , are printed by the Society as the Life - Records below noted . The ...
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... Chaucer , some minor changes are made in the life of the poet , viz .: The italicized paragraph under the diagrammatic shield of Chaucer's arms is altered , thus , " But this is but a simple coniecture . For honorable houses & of great ...
... Chaucer , some minor changes are made in the life of the poet , viz .: The italicized paragraph under the diagrammatic shield of Chaucer's arms is altered , thus , " But this is but a simple coniecture . For honorable houses & of great ...
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... Chaucer are a compound of Winstanley and Phillips , except that Blount drops out the " evidence " as to Chaucer's London birth , and says that the con- clusion of the Squire's Tale is not to be found . He then gives the " opinions " of ...
... Chaucer are a compound of Winstanley and Phillips , except that Blount drops out the " evidence " as to Chaucer's London birth , and says that the con- clusion of the Squire's Tale is not to be found . He then gives the " opinions " of ...
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Page 56 - Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly On metres and on rymyng craftily, Hath seyd hem in swich Englissh as he kan, Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he hath seyd hem in another. For he hath toold of loveris up and doun Mo than Ovide made of mencioun, In hise Episteles that been ful olde; What sholde I tellen hem, syn they ben tolde?
Page 489 - He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade.
Page 467 - I confess, is not harmonious to us; but 'tis like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, it was auribus istius temporis accommodata: they who lived with him, and some time after him, thought it musical; and it continues so, even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries: there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect.
Page 524 - XV. The Man of Law's, Shipman's, and Prioress's Tales, with Chaucer's own Tale of Sir Thopas, in 6 parallel Texts from the MSS above named, and 10 coloured drawings of Tellers of Tales, after the originals in the Ellesmere MS.
Page 500 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.
Page 536 - AD 1246 (the Latin source of the French original of Chaucer's Melibe), edited from the MSS, by Dr. Thor Sundby. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.
Page 472 - Chaucer's time ended in e originally ended in a, we may reasonably presume that our ancestors first passed from the broader sound of a to the thinner sound of e feminine, and not at once from a to e mute.
Page 525 - The Cronycle made by Chaucer,' both from MSS written by Shirley, Chaucer's contemporary. XXIV. A One-Text Print of Chaucer's Minor Poems, being the best Text from the Parallel-Text Edition, Part I, containing, I. The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse, II.
Page 128 - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the former Editions, and many valuable MSS Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ Church, Oxon.
Page 22 - It seemeth that both these learned men [Chaucer and Gower] were of the inner Temple: for not many yeeres since, Master Buckley did see a Record in the same house, where Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscane fryer in Fleetstreete.