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V. Verse and Prose Printed with the Work of Chaucer, in alphabetical order o &
o e e $ * to * . 406 VI. Linguistics and Versification & e to o . . 464 * i VII. B A. B.
History of Opinion as to Chaucer's Verse and Language, 1575 to the Work of
Child.
V. Verse and Prose Printed with the Work of Chaucer, in alphabetical order o &
o e e $ * to * . 406 VI. Linguistics and Versification & e to o . . 464 * i VII. B A. B.
History of Opinion as to Chaucer's Verse and Language, 1575 to the Work of
Child.
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And as for men of later time, not onely that learned gentleman M. William Thynne,
in his Epistle Dedicatorie to the Kings Maiestie, but also two of the purest and
best writers of our daies: the one for Prose, the other for Verse, M. Ascham and M.
And as for men of later time, not onely that learned gentleman M. William Thynne,
in his Epistle Dedicatorie to the Kings Maiestie, but also two of the purest and
best writers of our daies: the one for Prose, the other for Verse, M. Ascham and M.
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perhaps by his amanuensis, and containing a mixed mass of anything in which
he was interested,—narrative verse, didactic Latin prose, proverbs, medical and
culinary receipts, prayers, notes on astrology or contemporary events, etc.
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perhaps by his amanuensis, and containing a mixed mass of anything in which
he was interested,—narrative verse, didactic Latin prose, proverbs, medical and
culinary receipts, prayers, notes on astrology or contemporary events, etc.
Fourthly ...
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... is That hightyn baladis roundelys & vyrelayes And for to speke of othyr
besynesse He hath in prose translatid Boece And of the wrechede engendrynge
of mankynde As man may in pope innocent I-fynde And made the lyf also of seynt
Cecile ...
... is That hightyn baladis roundelys & vyrelayes And for to speke of othyr
besynesse He hath in prose translatid Boece And of the wrechede engendrynge
of mankynde As man may in pope innocent I-fynde And made the lyf also of seynt
Cecile ...
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And some also of great moralite Some of disport including great sentence In
prose he wrote the tale of Mellebe and of his wife that called was prudence: And
of Grisildes perfect pacience, and how the monke of stories newe & olde, Pitous ...
And some also of great moralite Some of disport including great sentence In
prose he wrote the tale of Mellebe and of his wife that called was prudence: And
of Grisildes perfect pacience, and how the monke of stories newe & olde, Pitous ...
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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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