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... hand over the original . But there are traces of what is probably the hand of this same corrector in a great many other words and passages . In some cases the original scribe's letters have been merely retraced ; but in others the ...
... hand over the original . But there are traces of what is probably the hand of this same corrector in a great many other words and passages . In some cases the original scribe's letters have been merely retraced ; but in others the ...
Page ix
... hand , which appear in Gaw . 43 , 81 , etc. , are written in a dark brown ink . This can naturally not be seen in my roto- graphs , and I have no means of determining whether the same corrector is at work in both poems . An examination ...
... hand , which appear in Gaw . 43 , 81 , etc. , are written in a dark brown ink . This can naturally not be seen in my roto- graphs , and I have no means of determining whether the same corrector is at work in both poems . An examination ...
Page xxxii
... hand , and Purity and Patience on the other , made it necessary to assume either the order , Gawain , Purity , Patience , or Patience , Purity , Gawain , and he thought the former impos- sible because of the dependence of Purity on ...
... hand , and Purity and Patience on the other , made it necessary to assume either the order , Gawain , Purity , Patience , or Patience , Purity , Gawain , and he thought the former impos- sible because of the dependence of Purity on ...
Page xli
... hand , the reason why the Gawain - poet conjoins Poverty and Patience is simply that these qualities , the first and the last commended in the beatitudes , are the only two that have the same reward , the Kingdom of Heaven ( Pat . 37-40 ) ...
... hand , the reason why the Gawain - poet conjoins Poverty and Patience is simply that these qualities , the first and the last commended in the beatitudes , are the only two that have the same reward , the Kingdom of Heaven ( Pat . 37-40 ) ...
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... hand , in the more important narrative passages , especially where an effect of rapidity is desired — the rising of the flood ( 361-424 ) , the destruction of the evil cities ( 945-72 ) , or the writing on the wall and its sequel ( 1529 ...
... hand , in the more important narrative passages , especially where an effect of rapidity is desired — the rising of the flood ( 361-424 ) , the destruction of the evil cities ( 945-72 ) , or the writing on the wall and its sequel ( 1529 ...
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absol Alex alliteration alliterative alliterative verse autem Baltazar Bateson Ben Jonson Biblical bope bylyve clene conj dayez dere Destr Dryztyn ejus emendation Engl Etym fader fayre Gawain Gawain-poet Glossary Gollancz hade hatz hert heven hezed hyze imper intr Introd kynde kyng kyth Lorde lyfte lyke meaning Middle English mony my3t never noun Old English oþer paraphrased passage Patience Pearl Ph.D phrase Piers Plowman poems poet poet's prep pres pret pron prop Publ Purity quae quod refl ryche schal schulde scribe Segor sete Skeat subj sunt super terram superl translation verb Vulg Vulgate watz wern word wrozt wylde wyrke wyse wyth wythinne wyze Þat watz þat þe þay þaz Þen Þenne þer þis þou þyn þyse
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Page 76 - Quomodo cecidisti de caelo lucifer, qui mane oriebaris? Corruisti in terram, qui vulnerabas gentes, qui dicebas in corde tuo: In caelum conscendam, super astra Dei exaltabo solium meum, sedebo in monte testamenti in lateribus aquilonis; ascendam super altitudinem nubium, similis ero Altissimo.
Page 115 - O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar, thy father, a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour; and for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
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Page 96 - And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together : for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
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Page 89 - These lines repeat the idea of 519-20, and partly reflect Gen. 9. 11 : 'Statuam pactum meum vobiscum, et nequaquam ultra interficietur omnis caro aquis diluvii, neque erit deinceps diluvium dissipans terram.' 569-70. 'This promise (that God would never again destroy all flesh) never escaped him, ie he never forgot, because of any wickedness (however great). Nevertheless he did take terrible vengeance on wicked men afterwards.
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Page 223 - Cumque elevasset oculos, apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes prope eum ; quos cum vidisset, cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi, et adoravit in terram.
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