The process of the seuyn sages. Octouian imperator. Sir Amadas. The huntyng of the hare. Notes. GlossaryA. Constable and Company, 1810 |
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... Ramsay and Company , FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND JOHN MURRAY , AND CONSTABLE , HUNTER , PARK , AND HUNTER , LONDON . 1810 . TOR LIBR ARY NEW - YORK TIBEVIA CONTENTS . VOL . III . The Proces of Metrical Romances.
... Ramsay and Company , FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND JOHN MURRAY , AND CONSTABLE , HUNTER , PARK , AND HUNTER , LONDON . 1810 . TOR LIBR ARY NEW - YORK TIBEVIA CONTENTS . VOL . III . The Proces of Metrical Romances.
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... Romance was writ- ten , has been torn away in the MS . The sense is , however , easily discoverable . Sir Amadas , it appears , had been , like Sir Cleges , ( see Vol . I. p . 331. ) very bounteous , and had , in his liberality ...
... Romance was writ- ten , has been torn away in the MS . The sense is , however , easily discoverable . Sir Amadas , it appears , had been , like Sir Cleges , ( see Vol . I. p . 331. ) very bounteous , and had , in his liberality ...
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... romance of the thirteenth century with the more polished produc- tion of the friend and contemporary of Chaucer , affords considerable interest , and is by no means to the disadvantage of the older minstrel . In the re- print of Gower ...
... romance of the thirteenth century with the more polished produc- tion of the friend and contemporary of Chaucer , affords considerable interest , and is by no means to the disadvantage of the older minstrel . In the re- print of Gower ...
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... romance of Alexander * , many parts of which bear a closer resemblance to the English romance than the Latin printed copy , this charm is thus cu- riously described : -The king retires to the secret recesses of his palace , where he ...
... romance of Alexander * , many parts of which bear a closer resemblance to the English romance than the Latin printed copy , this charm is thus cu- riously described : -The king retires to the secret recesses of his palace , where he ...
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... romance of skof : A storie is made of maistres wise ; Of this world thei bar the prise . ] It is not improbable , as ... romance was a real gest or history , and not a fabulous romance , like the one he alludes to . 678 , And of reveryng ...
... romance of skof : A storie is made of maistres wise ; Of this world thei bar the prise . ] It is not improbable , as ... romance was a real gest or history , and not a fabulous romance , like the one he alludes to . 678 , And of reveryng ...
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