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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... thought occurs in the hymn of St. Ambrose , called the Te Deum . When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man , thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb . ' 2 All the best MSS . concur in this reading , and therefore I have followed them ...
... thought occurs in the hymn of St. Ambrose , called the Te Deum . When thou tookest upon thee to deliver man , thou didst not abhor the Virgin's womb . ' 2 All the best MSS . concur in this reading , and therefore I have followed them ...
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... thought of holynesse , And lya , for hir lastyng besynesse . Cecili may eek be seyd in this manere , Wantyng of blyndnes , for hir grete light Of sapience , and of thilke thewes cleere . Or elles lo , this maydenes name bright Of heven ...
... thought of holynesse , And lya , for hir lastyng besynesse . Cecili may eek be seyd in this manere , Wantyng of blyndnes , for hir grete light Of sapience , and of thilke thewes cleere . Or elles lo , this maydenes name bright Of heven ...
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... thought , Kepeth ay wel these corouns tuo , ' quod he , ' Fro paradys to you I have hem brought , Ne never moo ne schul they roten be , Ne leese here swoote savour , trusteth me , Ne never wight schal seen hem with his ye , But he be ...
... thought , Kepeth ay wel these corouns tuo , ' quod he , ' Fro paradys to you I have hem brought , Ne never moo ne schul they roten be , Ne leese here swoote savour , trusteth me , Ne never wight schal seen hem with his ye , But he be ...
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... thought and language displayed by Valerian after his conversion to Christianity is well imagined . 2 She gave up the world and her chamber , that is marriage . [ The Latin is ' ipsum mundum est cum thalamis exsecrata .'- W.W.S . ] 3 The ...
... thought and language displayed by Valerian after his conversion to Christianity is well imagined . 2 She gave up the world and her chamber , that is marriage . [ The Latin is ' ipsum mundum est cum thalamis exsecrata .'- W.W.S . ] 3 The ...
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... thought , The gost , that from the fader gan procede , Hath sowled hem withouten eny drede . ' By word and miracle hihe Goddes sone , Whan he was in this world , declared heere , That ther was other lyf ther men may wone . ' To whom ...
... thought , The gost , that from the fader gan procede , Hath sowled hem withouten eny drede . ' By word and miracle hihe Goddes sone , Whan he was in this world , declared heere , That ther was other lyf ther men may wone . ' To whom ...
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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.