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Page xxv
... shal byleue yn me by hem . Fadyr , y wyl where y be pey be with me , my blysse to se.2 As unevenness is often thus discernible in the different translations of the same man , so is there many a contrast to be found between the way in ...
... shal byleue yn me by hem . Fadyr , y wyl where y be pey be with me , my blysse to se.2 As unevenness is often thus discernible in the different translations of the same man , so is there many a contrast to be found between the way in ...
Page xxxiii
... shal not die ; God forsothe wote , that in what euer day ge eten therof , goure eigen shul be openyd , and ze shal ben as Goddis , knowynge god and yuel . ' Thanne the woman saiz that the tree were good , and swete for to ete , and ...
... shal not die ; God forsothe wote , that in what euer day ge eten therof , goure eigen shul be openyd , and ze shal ben as Goddis , knowynge god and yuel . ' Thanne the woman saiz that the tree were good , and swete for to ete , and ...
Page xliii
... shal eft on blisse mowen . ' ' The seed that he sowed was true words and deeds of mercy ; the blossoms that he shall hereafter mow are ... lasting light and endless salvation , and eternal bliss in heaven's kingdom . Let us now follow ...
... shal eft on blisse mowen . ' ' The seed that he sowed was true words and deeds of mercy ; the blossoms that he shall hereafter mow are ... lasting light and endless salvation , and eternal bliss in heaven's kingdom . Let us now follow ...
Page lx
... shal casten him out of him , and the see also ; and the eyr also , that shal be ful of thunderclappes and lightnings . " 2 Skeat's note on this passage is to the point : This passage from Jerome is probably founded upon Ps . xcvii . 3 ...
... shal casten him out of him , and the see also ; and the eyr also , that shal be ful of thunderclappes and lightnings . " 2 Skeat's note on this passage is to the point : This passage from Jerome is probably founded upon Ps . xcvii . 3 ...
Page lxvii
... shal neuere bren bere beries as a vyne , Ne on croked kene thorne kynde fygys wexe . " But even in works unrelieved by stories , and cer- tainly not to be classed as literature , we find here and there an illustration , taken from ...
... shal neuere bren bere beries as a vyne , Ne on croked kene thorne kynde fygys wexe . " But even in works unrelieved by stories , and cer- tainly not to be classed as literature , we find here and there an illustration , taken from ...
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