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... correct , whether by the scribe or not . Even is of 1015 , which is almost certainly inserted by the second hand , because of the peculiar s , seems indispensable . The scribe's own handwriting , even where there is no I. The Manuscript ix.
... correct , whether by the scribe or not . Even is of 1015 , which is almost certainly inserted by the second hand , because of the peculiar s , seems indispensable . The scribe's own handwriting , even where there is no I. The Manuscript ix.
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... Cf. Bateson , Patience ( 2d ed . , Manchester , 1918 ) , pp . xxi - ii . 5 * On the authorship of The Pearl , see especially Trautmann , Angl . I. 118-20 . written by one and the same man seems about as xii Introduction.
... Cf. Bateson , Patience ( 2d ed . , Manchester , 1918 ) , pp . xxi - ii . 5 * On the authorship of The Pearl , see especially Trautmann , Angl . I. 118-20 . written by one and the same man seems about as xii Introduction.
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written by one and the same man seems about as conclusive as any indirect evidence can be . The fact that some unre- liable tests have been used in proof of the unity of author- ship has had the unfortunate result of casting suspicion ...
written by one and the same man seems about as conclusive as any indirect evidence can be . The fact that some unre- liable tests have been used in proof of the unity of author- ship has had the unfortunate result of casting suspicion ...
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... seem to me to constitute indubitable proof of common authorship . We do not find , to be sure , phrases of any length occurring in exactly the same form in the two poems , for it is characteristic of the poet never to repeat himself ...
... seem to me to constitute indubitable proof of common authorship . We do not find , to be sure , phrases of any length occurring in exactly the same form in the two poems , for it is characteristic of the poet never to repeat himself ...
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... seems to me indisputable . In The 1For the sake of completeness I add a list of lines from Pat . and Pur . only , containing more similar expressions : Pur . 17 , 195 , 498 , 644 , 748 ; Pat . 129 , 225. Cf. also such a phrase as ...
... seems to me indisputable . In The 1For the sake of completeness I add a list of lines from Pat . and Pur . only , containing more similar expressions : Pur . 17 , 195 , 498 , 644 , 748 ; Pat . 129 , 225. Cf. also such a phrase as ...
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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 ožer 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 Žat watz žat že žay žaz Žen Ženne žer žis žou žyn žyse
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