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Page xxxv
... seem to have used his opportunity , and has left us a long and coarse realistic play - one , however , which reflects the layman rather than the churchman . The Nativity and Shepherds ' Plays seem to be largely in their original form ...
... seem to have used his opportunity , and has left us a long and coarse realistic play - one , however , which reflects the layman rather than the churchman . The Nativity and Shepherds ' Plays seem to be largely in their original form ...
Page xxxvii
... seems to have arisen from the fact that Ritson ( Bibl . Poet . , p . 79 ) , following Bishop Tanner , includes in the list of Lydgate's works a ' Procession of pageants from the creation ' , which has never been iden- tified . If this ...
... seems to have arisen from the fact that Ritson ( Bibl . Poet . , p . 79 ) , following Bishop Tanner , includes in the list of Lydgate's works a ' Procession of pageants from the creation ' , which has never been iden- tified . If this ...
Page xli
... seems probable that through this manuscript the Towneley name will be perpetuated . There is ample evidence for assigning this cycle to the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire , and for believing that originally the plays were craft - plays ...
... seems probable that through this manuscript the Towneley name will be perpetuated . There is ample evidence for assigning this cycle to the town of Wakefield in Yorkshire , and for believing that originally the plays were craft - plays ...
Page xlii
... seems more probable , for the tone of the shepherds seems more in agreement with the time of the Peasants ' Revolt , and there are no references to the various civil wars of Henry's reign , which did much to make the peasants forget ...
... seems more probable , for the tone of the shepherds seems more in agreement with the time of the Peasants ' Revolt , and there are no references to the various civil wars of Henry's reign , which did much to make the peasants forget ...
Page xliii
... seem very significant , for they can also be paralleled in the other cycles . In the structure of the Towneley Joseph Play , however , and in some of the incidents , we have reminiscences of the York play . Joseph's description of his ...
... seem very significant , for they can also be paralleled in the other cycles . In the structure of the Towneley Joseph Play , however , and in some of the incidents , we have reminiscences of the York play . Joseph's description of his ...
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adversative Ælfric's aungel Ben Jonson Chester plays childe chylde concessive clause construction coördinate Coventry cycle deah deah-clause dede dramatist eall example ffor full form fultum Garcius goddys gode gour H B Wh hath haue hayll hine iijus ijus pastor indefinite Joseph Latin liturgical drama lord Luke Maria Mary mercy Middle English Migne Modern English myght mystery plays neuer nevyr Old English omit H optative Orosius passage passim Patr peah Ph.D Polychronicon primus pastor pron prophecy Protev Pseudo-Matt sall sayde sentence seyd shal Shepherds shulde sone Tertius pastor thay thee ther therfore thou thow thyng Towneley translation Trowle Tunc verb Vulg wære wæron wold wyff wyll þæt þam þat þeah þis
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