Specimens of Early English: From Robert of Gloucester to Gower. A.D. 1298-A.D. 1393Clarendon Press, 1872 - English literature |
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anon anoon bope Bote Camb Chaucer cloth Crist Custance dede doun drede edition Engelond English fcap Forsothe forto gode gret grete Harl hath haue heore herte heuene hire hond hous Icel in-to Jhesus king kyng Lauerd leue lond longage Lord loue maad maner mizte moche neuer noght nozt ouer Oxford Passus peple plural preterite quod Robert of Gloucester schal sche scholde seide seith seyde shal sone Southern dialect suld thai thair ther thou thre treupe tyme verbs Vern vnder vpon Vulgate W. W. Skeat watz wende weren werwolf whan whanne whon William wolde word þai þair þam þan þat þat þe þei þer þet þing þis þou
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Page 321 - Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength : thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Page 166 - For thinges passed out of longe tyme from a Mannes mynde or from his syght, turnen sone into forzetynge: Because that Mynde of Man ne may not ben comprehended ne witheholden, for the Freeltee of Mankynde.
Page 172 - Sum men seyn, that thei han the Body upward as an Egle, and benethe as a Lyoun: and treuly thei seyn sothe, that thei ben of that schapp. But o Griffoun hathe the body more gret and is more strong thanne 8 Lyouns, of suche Lyouns as ben o this half; and more gret and strongere, than an 100 Egles, suche as we han amonges us.
Page 172 - Kyzn; so that men maken Cuppes of hem, to drynken of: and of hire Ribbes and of the Pennes of hire Wenges, men maken Bowes fulle stronge, to schote with Arwes and Quarelle.
Page 167 - Cozrodane ; and he governed it fully wisely, in suche manere, that whan the Prince was ded, he toke the Lady to Wyfe, that highte Gadrige.
Page 346 - Gower, seems to be copied from one which is told by the hermit Barlaam to King Avenamore, in the spiritual romance, written originally in Greek, about the year 800, by Joannes Damascenus, a Greek monk, and entitled, BARLAAM AND JOSAPHAT. But 1 Pearls. 2 Rubbish. 3 Accompanied. Gower's immediate author, if not Boccace...
Page 214 - And anoon, the nettis forsaken, thei sueden hym. 19 And he gon forth thennes a litil, say James of Zebede, and Joon, his brother, and hem in the boot makynge nettis.
Page 135 - Thus have i mater for to make, For a nobill prince sake: Help me god, my wit es thin ! Now LAURENCE MINOT will bigin.
Page 265 - Have ye nat seyn som tyme a pale face Among a prees, of hym that hath be lad Toward his deeth, wher as hym gat no grace, And swich a colour in his face hath had, Men myghte knowe his face, that was bistad, Amonges alle the faces in that route?
Page 249 - Which that men clepe the heven, y-writen was With sterres, whan that he his birthe...