Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury tales.- v. 3. Troylus and Cryseyde, etc.-v. 4. Romaunt of the rose, etcG. Bell, 1885 |
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... Harl . MS . 2 Symbolical of her bloody martyrdom and virgin purity . Thus in the metrical Life of St. Werburgh , by Bradshawe , a Benedictine of the sixteenth century : - 4 Vyrgyns them folowed , crowned with the lily , Among whom our ...
... Harl . MS . 2 Symbolical of her bloody martyrdom and virgin purity . Thus in the metrical Life of St. Werburgh , by Bradshawe , a Benedictine of the sixteenth century : - 4 Vyrgyns them folowed , crowned with the lily , Among whom our ...
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... clennesse , And schewe to you his joye and his brightnesse . ' 1 In Harl . MS . this line is omitted , and the next begins , If ye me touche . Answerde agayn : Valirian , corrected as God wolde , THE SECOUNDE NONNES TALE . 11.
... clennesse , And schewe to you his joye and his brightnesse . ' 1 In Harl . MS . this line is omitted , and the next begins , If ye me touche . Answerde agayn : Valirian , corrected as God wolde , THE SECOUNDE NONNES TALE . 11.
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... Harl MS . , suffred . The meaning of the text seems to be , ' she preached to them that faith in which she had fostered them . ' 2 It is now a church in Rome , and gives a title to a cardinal . THE PROLOGE OF THE CHANOUNES YEMAN ...
... Harl MS . , suffred . The meaning of the text seems to be , ' she preached to them that faith in which she had fostered them . ' 2 It is now a church in Rome , and gives a title to a cardinal . THE PROLOGE OF THE CHANOUNES YEMAN ...
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... Harl . MS . reads rubisyng . - W . 3 Fourneys . The Harl . MS . appears to read fourmes ; but Lansd . MS . reads forneys , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt , and seems to be correct . - W . And of oure silver citrinacioun , Oure cementynge ...
... Harl . MS . reads rubisyng . - W . 3 Fourneys . The Harl . MS . appears to read fourmes ; but Lansd . MS . reads forneys , which is adopted by Tyrwhitt , and seems to be correct . - W . And of oure silver citrinacioun , Oure cementynge ...
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... make it dead , that is , to change it into silver . 2 The Harl . MS . reads gold , which , being inconsistent with the con text , is corrected from the Lansd . MS . A pouder , noot I wherof that it was I 44 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... make it dead , that is , to change it into silver . 2 The Harl . MS . reads gold , which , being inconsistent with the con text , is corrected from the Lansd . MS . A pouder , noot I wherof that it was I 44 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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Page 187 - I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.