Specimens of Early English: A New Edition, Revised for Third Time with Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial IndexClarendon Press, 1894 - English literature |
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... lines carefully marked . The Notes also were carefully revised . Several of the remarks on etymology were transferred from the Notes to the Glossarial Index for the sake of greater facility of reference , and considerable additions made ...
... lines carefully marked . The Notes also were carefully revised . Several of the remarks on etymology were transferred from the Notes to the Glossarial Index for the sake of greater facility of reference , and considerable additions made ...
Page xv
... line , signifies er ; as in man3 , sue , for maner , serue ( serve ) . But if this symbol follows the letter p , it means re ; as in pche for preche . It arose from a roughly written e , the letter r being understood . A small undotted ...
... line , signifies er ; as in man3 , sue , for maner , serue ( serve ) . But if this symbol follows the letter p , it means re ; as in pche for preche . It arose from a roughly written e , the letter r being understood . A small undotted ...
Page xvi
... II . Ps . viii . 5 ) ; but the first syllable was often omitted , as in the line imme- diately following , viz . Máde | bou lóf | in íl | ka lánd ||| Less regular lines admitted additional unaccented syllables . In this xvi INTRODUCTION .
... II . Ps . viii . 5 ) ; but the first syllable was often omitted , as in the line imme- diately following , viz . Máde | bou lóf | in íl | ka lánd ||| Less regular lines admitted additional unaccented syllables . In this xvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xvii
... lines having only three accents , especially in the third and sixth lines of a stanza , produced a metre which was well suited for lines of a lyrical cast . See Sec- tions III , IV , and XI for examples of this . Not very dis- similar ...
... lines having only three accents , especially in the third and sixth lines of a stanza , produced a metre which was well suited for lines of a lyrical cast . See Sec- tions III , IV , and XI for examples of this . Not very dis- similar ...
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... line ; they are written like ordinary full - stops in the MS . ( A ) Reign of William the Conqueror . From Cotton MS . Caligula A. xi . leaves 107-114 . · MVCHE ap pe sorwe ibe ofte in Engelonde , ihure & vnderstonde , As 3e mowe her ...
... line ; they are written like ordinary full - stops in the MS . ( A ) Reign of William the Conqueror . From Cotton MS . Caligula A. xi . leaves 107-114 . · MVCHE ap pe sorwe ibe ofte in Engelonde , ihure & vnderstonde , As 3e mowe her ...
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Page 354 - Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.
Page 295 - For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain.
Page 353 - The weird sisters, hand in hand, Posters of the sea and land, Thus do go about, about: Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine, And thrice again, to make up nine.
Page 168 - 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 174 - In that Contree ben many Griffounes, more plentee than in ony other Contree. 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...
Page 222 - Forsothe an other felde doun on stony placis, wher it had nat myche erthe ; and anoon it sprong vp, for it hadde nat depnesse of erthe.
Page 167 - ... the Holy Citee of Jerusalem, and the holy Places that are thereaboute. And I schalle telle the Weye, that thei schulle holden thidre. For I have often tymes passed and ryden the way, with gode Companye of many Lordes : God be thonked.
Page 167 - Crist MCCCXXII, in the Day of Seynt Michelle; and hidre to have ben longe tyme over the See, and have seyn and gon thorghe manye dyverse Londes, and many Provynces and Kingdomes and...
Page 166 - Covetyse and Envye han so enflawmed the Hertes of Lordes of the World, that thei are more besy for to disherite here Neyghbores, more than for to chalenge or to conquere here righte Heritage before seyd. And the comoun Peple, that wolde putte here Bodyes and here Catelle, for to conquere oure Heritage, thei may not don it withouten the Lordes. For a semblee of Peple withouten a Cheventeyn, or a chief Lord, is as a Flock of Scheep withouten a Schepperde; the which departeth and desparpleth, and wyten...
Page 255 - O firste moevyng! cruel firmament, With thy diurnal sweigh that crowdest ay And hurlest al from est til Occident That naturelly wolde holde another way...