The Legend of Good WomenClarendon Press, 1889 - 229 pàgines |
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Pàgina vii
... say of unique interest . It is the immediate precursor of the Canterbury Tales , and enables us to see how the poet was led on towards the composition of that immortal poem . This is easily seen , upon investigation of the date at which ...
... say of unique interest . It is the immediate precursor of the Canterbury Tales , and enables us to see how the poet was led on towards the composition of that immortal poem . This is easily seen , upon investigation of the date at which ...
Pàgina ix
... Troilus , Chaucer had already been meditating upon the goodness of Alcestis , of which the Prologue to the Legend says so much . Observe the following passages ( cited by Ten Brink , Studien , p . DATE OF THE POEM . ix.
... Troilus , Chaucer had already been meditating upon the goodness of Alcestis , of which the Prologue to the Legend says so much . Observe the following passages ( cited by Ten Brink , Studien , p . DATE OF THE POEM . ix.
Pàgina xi
... says nothing more of his troublesome duties , and that Richard II . is known to have been a patron of letters ( as we learn from Gower ) , we may well conclude that the poet's release from his burden was brought about by the queen's ...
... says nothing more of his troublesome duties , and that Richard II . is known to have been a patron of letters ( as we learn from Gower ) , we may well conclude that the poet's release from his burden was brought about by the queen's ...
Pàgina xvi
... say so ; for he inserts a passage to that effect ( B. 271-5 ) ; where we may re- member , by the way , that free means ' bounteous ' in Middle- English . We have a few additional lines of the same sort in B. 296-299 . On the other hand ...
... say so ; for he inserts a passage to that effect ( B. 271-5 ) ; where we may re- member , by the way , that free means ' bounteous ' in Middle- English . We have a few additional lines of the same sort in B. 296-299 . On the other hand ...
Pàgina xxiv
... say thus : " blessed be the hour when I chose for myself such a floweret , which of bounty and of beauty is called the sovereign , " ' & c . At 1. 68 of the same poem , as pointed out by M. Sandras ( Étude sur G. Chaucer , 1859 , p . 58 ) ...
... say thus : " blessed be the hour when I chose for myself such a floweret , which of bounty and of beauty is called the sovereign , " ' & c . At 1. 68 of the same poem , as pointed out by M. Sandras ( Étude sur G. Chaucer , 1859 , p . 58 ) ...
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Pàgina 151 - So she furnished herself with a world of gifts, store of gold and silver, and of riches and other sumptuous ornaments, as is credible enough she might bring from so great a house, and from so wealthy and rich a realm as Egypt was. But yet she carried nothing with her wherein she trusted...
Pàgina iii - Women," long ago Sung by the morning star of song, who made His music heard below ; Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath Preluded those melodious bursts that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still.
Pàgina 7 - Of makynge ropen *, and lad awey the corn ; And I come after, glenyng here and there, And am ful glad yf I may fynde an ere Of any goodly word that ye han left. And thogh it happen me rehercen eft That ye han in your fresshe songes sayd, Forbereth me, and beth not evil apayd5, Syn that ye see I do yt in the honour Of love, and eke in service of the flour, Whom that I serve as I have wit or myght.
Pàgina 21 - ... ye your trouthe of love and your renoun ; And thou, Tisbe, that hast of love swich peyne ; My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne. Herro, Dido, Laudomia, alle y-fere, And Phyllis, hanging for thy Demophoun, And Canace, espyed by thy chere, Ysiphile, betraysed with Jasoun, Maketh of your trouthc neyther boost ne soun ; Nor Ypermistre or Adriane, ye tweyne ; My lady cometh, that al this may disteyne.
Pàgina 145 - Febo, delle quali ancor la fronte spero d'ornarmi, sol che '1 concediate: le sante orecchi a" miei prieghi porgete e quelli udite come voi dovete. 11 E' m'è venuto in voglia con pietosa rima di scrivere una istoria antica, tanto negli anni riposta e nascosa che latino autor non par ne dica, per quel ch'io senta, in libro alcuna cosa; dunque sì fate che la mia fatica sia graziosa a chi ne fìa lettore o in altra maniera ascoltatore.
Pàgina 4 - On bokes for to rede I me delyte, And in myn herte have hem in reverence ; And to hem yeve swich lust and swich credence, That ther is wel unethe game noon That from my bokes make me to goon, But hit be other up-on the haly-day, Or...
Pàgina 143 - La meretrice, che mai dall' ospizio Di Cesare non torse gli occhi putti, Morte comune, e delle Corti vizio, Infiammò contra me gli animi tutti , E gì' infiammati infiammar sì Augusto, Che i lieti onor tornaro in tristi lutti. L' animo mio per disdegnoso gusto, Credendo col morir fuggir disdegno, Ingiusto fece me contra me giusto. Per le nuove radici d...
Pàgina 8 - And maketh it soune after his fyngerynge, Ryght so mowe ye oute of myn herte bringe Swich vois, ryght as yow lyst, to laughe or pleyne. Be ye my gide and lady sovereyne!
Pàgina 193 - But afterwards the common opinion was that these women were either the weird sisters, that is (as ye would say) the goddesses of destinie, or else some nymphs or feiries, indued with knowledge of prophesie by their necromanticall science, bicause everie thing came to passe as they had spoken.
Pàgina 152 - Antonius' ships, and the soldiers fought with their pikes, halberds, and darts, and threw pots and darts with fire. Antonius' ships on the other side bestowed among them, with their cross-bows and engines of battery, great store of shot from their high towers of wood that were upon their ships. Now Publicola seeing Agrippa put forth his left wing of Caesar's army, to compass in Antonius...