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Page v
... allusions contained in them . For the Introduction , a few additional works , written between 1350 and the date of Wyclif's first translation of the Bible , have been drawn upon for the illustration of points under discussion . So far ...
... allusions contained in them . For the Introduction , a few additional works , written between 1350 and the date of Wyclif's first translation of the Bible , have been drawn upon for the illustration of points under discussion . So far ...
Page vi
... allusions , and untraced passages ascribed to some Biblical writer or to ' Holy Writ . ' A large number of Biblical allusions have been omitted , on the ground that they are too general or too vague to be assigned to any particular ...
... allusions , and untraced passages ascribed to some Biblical writer or to ' Holy Writ . ' A large number of Biblical allusions have been omitted , on the ground that they are too general or too vague to be assigned to any particular ...
Page vii
... allusions being listed because of their interest from the linguistic or the literary point of view , and sometimes in order to indicate the ex- tent to which the diction of Middle English writers was influenced by Biblical phraseology ...
... allusions being listed because of their interest from the linguistic or the literary point of view , and sometimes in order to indicate the ex- tent to which the diction of Middle English writers was influenced by Biblical phraseology ...
Page xii
... Allusions 265 APPENDIX IV . Cursor Mundi and Ormulum 276 APPENDIX V. Untraced Passages 284 APPENDIX VI . Words and Phrases Common to Writers before Wyclif , and the Authorized Version INDEX OF BIBLICAL PASSAGES 288 291 INTRODUCTION 1 ...
... Allusions 265 APPENDIX IV . Cursor Mundi and Ormulum 276 APPENDIX V. Untraced Passages 284 APPENDIX VI . Words and Phrases Common to Writers before Wyclif , and the Authorized Version INDEX OF BIBLICAL PASSAGES 288 291 INTRODUCTION 1 ...
Page xvi
... allusion , introduced casually into their works . Even though our purpose be to search for these , we are as certain to miss many a one as we are in reading modern poetry , for then , as now , the language of common life was saturated ...
... allusion , introduced casually into their works . Even though our purpose be to search for these , we are as certain to miss many a one as we are in reading modern poetry , for then , as now , the language of common life was saturated ...
Common terms and phrases
Ayenbite of Inwyt beon Bible Biblical bifore blisse byep child Corinthians Corinthians 11 Cursor Mundi dede Deuteronomy Drihten eche erthe Exodus Exodus 20 fader forto Gast Genesis Godd Godes gost habbe habbep hali haue hedde heom heore herte heuene heven hine hire Homilies hwat hyne Ibid Ihesu Crist ilke Isaiah John 19 king Lord Luke Luke 23 Mark 16 Matthew 19 Matthew 26 mede michel Middle English Middle English writers nagt noght noht Numbers Old English onswerede Ormulum paraphrases Ph.D Pilates pine Proverbs Psalms quotations riht sall schal schulen seide seyde shal sone ssel suld Synne thaim translation ure Louerd verse Vre Louerd Vulgate wende wile words Wyclif þai þam þan þat þer þet þey þine þing þou
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