Chaucer: A Bibliographical ManualMacmillan, 1908 - 579 pages |
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Page 66
... remarked that several ballads were " justly suspected " not to have been written by Chaucer ; e . g . - O Mossie Quince , and - I have a Lady . Francis Thynne , in his Animadversions , had already said that Chaucer did not com- pose the ...
... remarked that several ballads were " justly suspected " not to have been written by Chaucer ; e . g . - O Mossie Quince , and - I have a Lady . Francis Thynne , in his Animadversions , had already said that Chaucer did not com- pose the ...
Page 68
... remarked that if Shirley's marking e . g . of the Ballad of Pity or the ABC is to be accepted as proof positive of the genuineness of verse , the two bits , or one of the two bits so headed in his MS Adds . 16165 should be included in ...
... remarked that if Shirley's marking e . g . of the Ballad of Pity or the ABC is to be accepted as proof positive of the genuineness of verse , the two bits , or one of the two bits so headed in his MS Adds . 16165 should be included in ...
Page 69
... remarked in his Account of the Works of Chaucer . Note the heading to the Mars , Section IV here . Ceyx and Alcyone . Mentioned by Chaucer in the Man of Law's headlink ; usually taken to mean the introductory part of the Book of the ...
... remarked in his Account of the Works of Chaucer . Note the heading to the Mars , Section IV here . Ceyx and Alcyone . Mentioned by Chaucer in the Man of Law's headlink ; usually taken to mean the introductory part of the Book of the ...
Page 73
... remarked , " Chaucer's quotations from writers exhibit a familiarity with prologues and first books and early chapters which contrasts ominously with the comparative infre- quency with which he makes citations from the middle and latter ...
... remarked , " Chaucer's quotations from writers exhibit a familiarity with prologues and first books and early chapters which contrasts ominously with the comparative infre- quency with which he makes citations from the middle and latter ...
Page 74
... remarked that Hippisley , in his Chapters on Early English Literature ( Lond . 1837 ) , had already noted Chaucer's debt to Italian writers ; passages of Fiedler's review are cited Archiv 47 : 320. Protests were also made by Pauli ...
... remarked that Hippisley , in his Chapters on Early English Literature ( Lond . 1837 ) , had already noted Chaucer's debt to Italian writers ; passages of Fiedler's review are cited Archiv 47 : 320. Protests were also made by Pauli ...
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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.