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Many actual documents were examined and printed by Godwin, earlier than
Nicolas, but the spirit in which Godwin's work is written forbids its inclusion
among genuine biographies. The soberer investigations of Nicolas have been
greatly ...
Many actual documents were examined and printed by Godwin, earlier than
Nicolas, but the spirit in which Godwin's work is written forbids its inclusion
among genuine biographies. The soberer investigations of Nicolas have been
greatly ...
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Sic tibi, quisquis eris, faveat suadela, leposque. - Leland's work, though not
published until 1709, was written much earlier; he died in 1552. The sources of
his data are unknown; he may well have acquired much or all during the
peregrination ...
Sic tibi, quisquis eris, faveat suadela, leposque. - Leland's work, though not
published until 1709, was written much earlier; he died in 1552. The sources of
his data are unknown; he may well have acquired much or all during the
peregrination ...
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Ad annum humane redemptionis, 1450, uixisse perhibetur sub Henrico sexto. .
This, Bale's earlier biographical work, is much briefer than the Catalogus
discussed below. The life of Chaucer, like many of the accounts contained in both
works, ...
Ad annum humane redemptionis, 1450, uixisse perhibetur sub Henrico sexto. .
This, Bale's earlier biographical work, is much briefer than the Catalogus
discussed below. The life of Chaucer, like many of the accounts contained in both
works, ...
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Also, the now obliterated inscription is repeated for us by Stow and by Camden;
we have no earlier testimony as to its text. Tyrwhitt, without expressing doubt,
speaks cautiously of the date of the poet's death, as of his birth. No fact has as yet
...
Also, the now obliterated inscription is repeated for us by Stow and by Camden;
we have no earlier testimony as to its text. Tyrwhitt, without expressing doubt,
speaks cautiously of the date of the poet's death, as of his birth. No fact has as yet
...
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... He made also gon is agret while Orygenes vpon the maudeleyne Hym outlâte
now to haue the lesse peyne He hath mad manye a lay & manye a thyng etc.
Earlier, lines 255-267 (A), the god of love accuses Chaucer: A. ON THE CANON
55.
... He made also gon is agret while Orygenes vpon the maudeleyne Hym outlâte
now to haue the lesse peyne He hath mad manye a lay & manye a thyng etc.
Earlier, lines 255-267 (A), the god of love accuses Chaucer: A. ON THE CANON
55.
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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.
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| Title | CHAUCER A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL MANUAL |
| Author | ELEANOR PRESCOTT HAMMOND, PH. D |
| Published | 1908 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
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