Poetical Works: With an Essay on His Language and Versification and an Introductory Discourse. Together with Notes and a GlossaryRoutledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860 |
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... Chaucer Thomas Tyrwhitt. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY IN MEMORY OF LIONEL DE JERSEY HARVARD CLASS OF 1915 Apr. 28 , 1926 LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS , PRINTERS , WHITEFRIARS . ΤΟ 00 THE REV . ALEXANDER DYCE , THIS EDITION 12424.11.
... Chaucer Thomas Tyrwhitt. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY IN MEMORY OF LIONEL DE JERSEY HARVARD CLASS OF 1915 Apr. 28 , 1926 LONDON : BRADBURY AND EVANS , PRINTERS , WHITEFRIARS . ΤΟ 00 THE REV . ALEXANDER DYCE , THIS EDITION 12424.11.
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... Glossary Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Tyrwhitt. ΤΟ 00 THE REV . ALEXANDER DYCE , THIS EDITION OF THE POETICAL WORKS OF CHAUCER , July , 1843 . IS INSCRIBED , BY THE PUBLISHER . THE PREFACE APPENDIX TO THE PREFACE CONTENTS . ( A.
... Glossary Geoffrey Chaucer Thomas Tyrwhitt. ΤΟ 00 THE REV . ALEXANDER DYCE , THIS EDITION OF THE POETICAL WORKS OF CHAUCER , July , 1843 . IS INSCRIBED , BY THE PUBLISHER . THE PREFACE APPENDIX TO THE PREFACE CONTENTS . ( A.
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... EDITIONS OF THE CANTERBURY TALES PAGR i ii iii ( B ) A LIST OF MSS . COLLATED , OR CONSULTED , WITH THE ABBREVIATIONS BY WHICH THEY ARE CITED ( c ) AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORICAL PASSAGES OF THE LIFE OF CHAUCER AN ESSAY ON THE LANGUAGE ...
... EDITIONS OF THE CANTERBURY TALES PAGR i ii iii ( B ) A LIST OF MSS . COLLATED , OR CONSULTED , WITH THE ABBREVIATIONS BY WHICH THEY ARE CITED ( c ) AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORICAL PASSAGES OF THE LIFE OF CHAUCER AN ESSAY ON THE LANGUAGE ...
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... EDITIONS PAGE 443 445 EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS BY WHICH THE WORKS OF CHAUCER AND SOME OTHER BOOKS ARE GENERALLY CITED IN THE FOLLOWING GLOSSARY GLOSSARY · WORDS AND PHRASES NOT UNDERSTOOD · 451 · . 453 502 Inscription FOR A ...
... EDITIONS PAGE 443 445 EXPLANATION OF THE ABBREVIATIONS BY WHICH THE WORKS OF CHAUCER AND SOME OTHER BOOKS ARE GENERALLY CITED IN THE FOLLOWING GLOSSARY GLOSSARY · WORDS AND PHRASES NOT UNDERSTOOD · 451 · . 453 502 Inscription FOR A ...
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... Editions , in the Appendix to this Preface ( A ) , will shew , that this object had hitherto been either entirely neglected ... edition , except the two by Caxton , each of which may now be considered as a Manuscript . A List of the MSS ...
... Editions , in the Appendix to this Preface ( A ) , will shew , that this object had hitherto been either entirely neglected ... edition , except the two by Caxton , each of which may now be considered as a Manuscript . A List of the MSS ...
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anon Arcite beforne Canterbury Tales certes Chaucer chere cleped cometh conseil coude Creseide Crist Custance dede dere deth doth doughter doun drede Du Cange eche entent everich eyen frendes frere Goddes goth grace gret grete hast hath herte hire hond honour hous husbond kepe king lady leve litel lord maken maketh manere moche mote n'is never night nought Palamon Pandarus peine peple pitous pray preest prively quod rede richesse sain saith sayd sayn sayth Seint shal shul shuld sinne sire sith Sompnour sone sorwe speke sterte swete swiche tale tell tellen thee ther therfore Theseus thilke thing thise thou shalt thurgh toke toun trewe Troilus trouth trow unto veray vilanie wepe werkes whan wher wight wise withouten wold woll word wost wote ye ben yere yeve ywis
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Page 132 - Ne made never shoutes half so shrille, Whan that they wolden any Fleming kille, As thilke day was maad upon the fox.
Page 2 - Beneit, Because that it was olde and somdele streit, This ilke monk lette olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the trace. He yave not of the text a pulled hen, That saith, that hunters ben not holy men...
Page 128 - His combe was redder than the fin cora.ll, Enbattelled, as it were a castel wall. His bill was black, and as the jet it shone ; Like asure were his legges and his tone ; His nailes whiter than the lily flour, And like the burned gold was his colour.
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Page 4 - A good man ther was of religioun, That was a poure PERSONE of a toun: But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parishens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful patient: And swiche he was ypreyed often sithes.
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Page 332 - O yonge fresshe folkes, he or she, In which that love up groweth with your age, Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee, And of your herte up-casteth the visage To thilke god that after his image Yow made, and thinketh al nis but a fayre This world, that passeth sone as floures fayre.
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