Chaucer: A Bibliographical ManualMacmillan, 1908 - 579 pages |
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Page 7
... Restituta , vol . II , pp . 1 ff . A translation of the life of Chaucer is in Lounsbury's Studies , I : 133 ff .; see ibid . for comment on Leland's work . ' > [ Reprint of the life of Chaucer by John Bale BY LELAND 7.
... Restituta , vol . II , pp . 1 ff . A translation of the life of Chaucer is in Lounsbury's Studies , I : 133 ff .; see ibid . for comment on Leland's work . ' > [ Reprint of the life of Chaucer by John Bale BY LELAND 7.
Page 48
... ibid . p . 572 . Minor notes are in N. and Q. 1872 I : 436 , 468 , 493 , II : 15 ; 1884 I : 364 ; 1891 II : 47 , 109 , 215 , 338 ; 1900 I : 146 and refs . there given ; Acad . 1874 I : 65 , 94 ; Athen . 1888 I : 404 , 436 , 468 . Koch ...
... ibid . p . 572 . Minor notes are in N. and Q. 1872 I : 436 , 468 , 493 , II : 15 ; 1884 I : 364 ; 1891 II : 47 , 109 , 215 , 338 ; 1900 I : 146 and refs . there given ; Acad . 1874 I : 65 , 94 ; Athen . 1888 I : 404 , 436 , 468 . Koch ...
Page 49
... ibid . PP . 403 , 405 in especial , assigns MS Harley 1548 as the source of his information , which reference is correct . The Harleian Catalogue says that this MS was written and tricked by Richard Mundy , and that the copy of the ...
... ibid . PP . 403 , 405 in especial , assigns MS Harley 1548 as the source of his information , which reference is correct . The Harleian Catalogue says that this MS was written and tricked by Richard Mundy , and that the copy of the ...
Page 71
... ibid . chapter VII , but the allusion is very slight . Furnivall , Trial Forew . p . 6 , said that ten Brink's division " let in a flood of light upon the subject " , and all subsequent investigators have worked from ten Brink's basis ...
... ibid . chapter VII , but the allusion is very slight . Furnivall , Trial Forew . p . 6 , said that ten Brink's division " let in a flood of light upon the subject " , and all subsequent investigators have worked from ten Brink's basis ...
Page 72
... ibid . p . xxx - xxxi he says : " It seems reasonable to date the poems which shew a strong Italian influence after Chaucer's visit to Italy in 1373. " Upon this long - accepted chronology two American scholars are now making ...
... ibid . p . xxx - xxxi he says : " It seems reasonable to date the poems which shew a strong Italian influence after Chaucer's visit to Italy in 1373. " Upon this long - accepted chronology two American scholars are now making ...
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Page 56 - Chaucer, thogh he kan but lewedly On metres and on rymyng craftily, Hath seyd hem in swich Englissh as he kan, Of olde tyme, as knoweth many a man. And if he have noght seyd hem, leve brother, In o book, he hath seyd hem in another. For he hath toold of loveris up and doun Mo than Ovide made of mencioun, In hise Episteles that been ful olde; What sholde I tellen hem, syn they ben tolde?
Page 489 - He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade.
Page 467 - I confess, is not harmonious to us; but 'tis like the eloquence of one whom Tacitus commends, it was auribus istius temporis accommodata: they who lived with him, and some time after him, thought it musical; and it continues so, even in our judgment, if compared with the numbers of Lidgate and Gower, his contemporaries: there is the rude sweetness of a Scotch tune in it, which is natural and pleasing, though not perfect.
Page 524 - XV. The Man of Law's, Shipman's, and Prioress's Tales, with Chaucer's own Tale of Sir Thopas, in 6 parallel Texts from the MSS above named, and 10 coloured drawings of Tellers of Tales, after the originals in the Ellesmere MS.
Page 500 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.
Page 536 - AD 1246 (the Latin source of the French original of Chaucer's Melibe), edited from the MSS, by Dr. Thor Sundby. Of the Second Series, the issue for 1874 is, 9. Essays on Chaucer, his Words and Works, Part II.
Page 472 - Chaucer's time ended in e originally ended in a, we may reasonably presume that our ancestors first passed from the broader sound of a to the thinner sound of e feminine, and not at once from a to e mute.
Page 525 - The Cronycle made by Chaucer,' both from MSS written by Shirley, Chaucer's contemporary. XXIV. A One-Text Print of Chaucer's Minor Poems, being the best Text from the Parallel-Text Edition, Part I, containing, I. The Dethe of Blaunche the Duchesse, II.
Page 128 - The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Compared with the former Editions, and many valuable MSS Out of which, Three Tales are added which were never before Printed; By John Urry, Student of Christ Church, Oxon.
Page 22 - It seemeth that both these learned men [Chaucer and Gower] were of the inner Temple: for not many yeeres since, Master Buckley did see a Record in the same house, where Geoffrey Chaucer was fined two shillings for beating a Franciscane fryer in Fleetstreete.