Pamphlets in Philology and the Humanities, Volume 131893 - Ballads, English |
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Aesch Aeschylus Alcestis allusion appears Ariadne ballad Canterbury Tales century ceremony Character Character-writers Chaucer Christ church clause Coleridge Coleridge's Confessio Amantis Criseyde criticism dance Deschamps Deut dialogue dramatic element earlier edition England English epic Epistles essay Euripides evidence expression fact Filostrato French German Gower Greek hath Holy Hous of Fame Howell imitation influence King Knight Knight's Tale Langland Latin lectures Legend letters lines literary literature London Lord Medea ment Middle English nature original Palamon parallel Parlement of Foules passage person Piers Plowman plays poem poet poetry popular probably Professor Prologue pronoun queen reference Rhesus says Schlegel seems Shakespeare Skeat song sonnet Sophocles spirit stanzas story subjunctive suggestion Tatlock Teseide thee Theophrastus Theseus thing thou tion tragedy translation Troilus Troilus and Criseyde unto verb wolf words writing written
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Page 738 - Lo! I, Nature, Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature, Whan that me list; who kan me countrefete? Pigmalion noght, though he ay forge and bete, Or grave, or peynte; for I dar wel seyn, Apelles, Zanzis, sholde werche in veyn Outher to grave, or peynte, or forge, or bete, If they presumed me to countrefete.