Specimens of the early English poets [ed. by G. Ellis.]. To which is prefixed an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the English poetry and language. By G. Ellis, Volumen11801 |
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... rich and well chosen , " ( coren , Sax . ) went before , to serve the queen , and those " that were with her . " 3 " Ne was he never born of none chosen knight , learned " nor lewd ( ignorant ) , nor any where was there a people " that ...
... rich and well chosen , " ( coren , Sax . ) went before , to serve the queen , and those " that were with her . " 3 " Ne was he never born of none chosen knight , learned " nor lewd ( ignorant ) , nor any where was there a people " that ...
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... rich dresses . Of high born men that dwelt in the king's household . The word hirede , Sax . has three interpretations ; a house- hold - service - and a palace . 3 Hawks , Sax . The next article is " deer - hounds . " 4 " And of all the ...
... rich dresses . Of high born men that dwelt in the king's household . The word hirede , Sax . has three interpretations ; a house- hold - service - and a palace . 3 Hawks , Sax . The next article is " deer - hounds . " 4 " And of all the ...
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... rich meat , The likefullest that man may eat . Flouren - cakes beth the shingles3 all Of church , cloister , bowers , and hall . The pinnes beth fat puddings Rich meat to princes and kings . • To seeth , or boil . Here the word many is ...
... rich meat , The likefullest that man may eat . Flouren - cakes beth the shingles3 all Of church , cloister , bowers , and hall . The pinnes beth fat puddings Rich meat to princes and kings . • To seeth , or boil . Here the word many is ...
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... rich feast Of knights , and ladies honést , * Of burgess , and of juglers , And of men of each mestiers.3 ' Pretty . Fr. Trade , occupation . Fr. • Well - bred . Fr. Mickle she desireth to shew her body , Her fair [ 139 ]
... rich feast Of knights , and ladies honést , * Of burgess , and of juglers , And of men of each mestiers.3 ' Pretty . Fr. Trade , occupation . Fr. • Well - bred . Fr. Mickle she desireth to shew her body , Her fair [ 139 ]
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... rich wise . So did the dame Olympia's For to shew her gentil2 face . A mule , all so white so milk , With saddle of gold , sambuc 3 of silk , Was y - brought to the queen , And many bell of silver sheen , Y - fastened on orfraies of ...
... rich wise . So did the dame Olympia's For to shew her gentil2 face . A mule , all so white so milk , With saddle of gold , sambuc 3 of silk , Was y - brought to the queen , And many bell of silver sheen , Y - fastened on orfraies of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient Anglo-Norman Anglo-Saxon appears Beorn called castle century Chaucer Chronicle composed compositions contemporary curious dames Dares Phrygius Dictys Cretensis Dona Dukes of Normandy earl Edward III England English poetry extract fabliau fair Florent France French Geoffrey of Monmouth glossary gold Gothic Gower hafde hath Henry II heore hirede king knight ladies land language Latin Layamon learned Lord Lydgate Macbeth means meat metrical minstrels monk n'is never noble Norman observed original perhaps poem poet poetical preserved probably purpose reader reign of Edward Reign of Henry rhyme rich Robert de Brunne Robert of Gloucester Romance Saxon says Scotish Scotland seems song specimens Stephen Hawes style Summe heo supposed syllables talents thee thou thought tion transcriber translated Tyrwhitt unto verse versification Wace Warton weoren women word writers written Wyntown
Pasajes populares
Página 213 - HAvE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 301 - And sing with us, away ! winter away ! " Come summer, come ! the sweet season and sun ! " Awake, for shame ! that have your heavens won ! " And amorously lift up your headis all ; " Thank love, that list you to his mercy call I
Página 320 - Now have we many chimneys ; and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses ; then had we none but reredosses, and our heads did never ache. For as the smoke in those days was supposed to be a sufficient hardening for the timber of the house, so it was reputed a far better medicine to keep the good-man and his family from the quack or pose, wherewith, as then, very few were acquainted.
Página 322 - ... and thereto a sack of chaff to rest his head upon, he thought himself to be as well lodged as the lord of the town...
Página 275 - I am of opinion, that Lydgate made considerable additions to those amplifications of our language, in which Chaucer, Gower, and Occleve led the way : and that he is the first of our writers whose style is cloathed with that perspicuity, in which the English phraseology appears at this day to an English reader.
Página 40 - IT WAS FROM ENGLAND AND NORMANDY THAT THE FRENCH RECEIVED THE FIRST WORKS WHICH DESERVE TO BE CITED IN THEIR LANGUAGE.
Página 323 - As for servants, if they had any sheet above them, it was well, for seldom had they any under their bodies to keep them from the pricking straws that ran oft through the canvas of the pallet and rased their hardened hides.
Página 105 - Thomas, &c. It appears, from a very curious MS. of the thirteenth century, penes Mr Douce, of London, containing a French metrical romance of Sir Tristrem, that the work of our Thomas the Rhymer was known, and referred to, by the minstrels of Normandy and Bretagne.
Página 327 - I saw where hung my own6 hood, That I had lost among the throng : To buy my own hood I thought it wrong; I knew it as well as I did my creed; But, for lack of money, I could not speed. The Taverner took me by the sleeve; "Sir," saith he,
Página 316 - Ploughman, have highly extolled this useful body of men, while the French minstrels of the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries universally seem to approve the supercilious contempt with which the nobles affected to treat them.