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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... translated from the Legenda Aurea , a collection of treatises on the festivals of the Church , written by Jacobus à Voragine , Archbishop of Genoa , in the latter end of the thirteenth century . The custom of collecting the Acts of the ...
... translated from the Legenda Aurea , a collection of treatises on the festivals of the Church , written by Jacobus à Voragine , Archbishop of Genoa , in the latter end of the thirteenth century . The custom of collecting the Acts of the ...
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... are taken from Jehan de Vignay's introduction to his French translation of the Legenda Aurea ; [ the rest is from the original Latin . - W . W. S. ] He can so lightly cacche him in his trappe , 6 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... are taken from Jehan de Vignay's introduction to his French translation of the Legenda Aurea ; [ the rest is from the original Latin . - W . W. S. ] He can so lightly cacche him in his trappe , 6 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
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... translated on ( i . e . one ) , Cristendom . ' • 2 Harl . MS . , through an inadvertence easily accounted for by the repetition of the rhyme , omits the seven lines beginning with this line . 3 The practice of at once baptizing the ...
... translated on ( i . e . one ) , Cristendom . ' • 2 Harl . MS . , through an inadvertence easily accounted for by the repetition of the rhyme , omits the seven lines beginning with this line . 3 The practice of at once baptizing the ...
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... translation of the Legenda Aurea , and thinks the same to be the case in Jehan de Vignay's Legende Dorée ; but he is mistaken , for it is found there . [ It also occurs in the Latin version . - W . W. S. ] 2 Dwells in corners , meaning ...
... translation of the Legenda Aurea , and thinks the same to be the case in Jehan de Vignay's Legende Dorée ; but he is mistaken , for it is found there . [ It also occurs in the Latin version . - W . W. S. ] 2 Dwells in corners , meaning ...
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... translation of the Bible , " Thy servant David ' is rendered ' Thy knight David . ' 2 Harl . MS . counceilere , called prevost in the original . Cecilie hem sayde with a ful stedefast chere ; ' 18 THE CANTERBURY TALES .
... translation of the Bible , " Thy servant David ' is rendered ' Thy knight David . ' 2 Harl . MS . counceilere , called prevost in the original . Cecilie hem sayde with a ful stedefast chere ; ' 18 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.