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... suggested that it was to be explained by identity of authorship . But this expla- nation was completely refuted by Henneman , who showed that there were irreconcilable differences in the dialect , which is demonstrably more Northern in ...
... suggested that it was to be explained by identity of authorship . But this expla- nation was completely refuted by Henneman , who showed that there were irreconcilable differences in the dialect , which is demonstrably more Northern in ...
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... suggests 1360 , certainly later than 1345 , the probable date of foundation of the Order ; cf. Schofield , English Literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer ( 1906 ) , pp . 215 , 217. Isaac Jackson ( Angl . 37. 395-6 ) dates ...
... suggests 1360 , certainly later than 1345 , the probable date of foundation of the Order ; cf. Schofield , English Literature from the Norman Conquest to Chaucer ( 1906 ) , pp . 215 , 217. Isaac Jackson ( Angl . 37. 395-6 ) dates ...
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... suggested by the other . And although this evidence is necessarily small in quantity , and involves the consideration of fine points in the handling of words and phrases , it is more tangible than general comparisons of artistic merit ...
... suggested by the other . And although this evidence is necessarily small in quantity , and involves the consideration of fine points in the handling of words and phrases , it is more tangible than general comparisons of artistic merit ...
Page xxxvi
... suggested.2 Even though one should not assume that the passage on the beatitudes in Patience ( 9 ff . ) is directly modelled on Tertullian's poem , 3 it seems more likely that the complete translation of them in Patience was written ...
... suggested.2 Even though one should not assume that the passage on the beatitudes in Patience ( 9 ff . ) is directly modelled on Tertullian's poem , 3 it seems more likely that the complete translation of them in Patience was written ...
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... suggested for believing that Purity was the first of the homilies are very vague , and might as easily be made to prove exactly the contrary . Patience is , to be sure , more concise than Purity , but this is inevitable from the fact ...
... suggested for believing that Purity was the first of the homilies are very vague , and might as easily be made to prove exactly the contrary . Patience is , to be sure , more concise than Purity , but this is inevitable from the fact ...
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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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