The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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... translation of Boethius the preterite ends in - ede ( -ed , -te ) , very seldom in -ed ( -d , -t ) . In reading , doubtless , the final -e was frequently dropped . = 1. In some manuscripts the t of the 2nd xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... translation of Boethius the preterite ends in - ede ( -ed , -te ) , very seldom in -ed ( -d , -t ) . In reading , doubtless , the final -e was frequently dropped . = 1. In some manuscripts the t of the 2nd xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page 148
... Boethius , from whose book , De Consolatione , Chaucer has borrowed largely in many places . The passage alluded to is in lib . iii . met . 12 : — ' Quis legem det amantibus ? Major lex amor est sibi . ' 1. 309. and such decré , and ...
... Boethius , from whose book , De Consolatione , Chaucer has borrowed largely in many places . The passage alluded to is in lib . iii . met . 12 : — ' Quis legem det amantibus ? Major lex amor est sibi . ' 1. 309. and such decré , and ...
Page 149
... Boethius , De Consolatione , lib . iii . pr . 2 : But I returne again to the studies of men , of which men the corage always reherseth and seeketh the soveraine good , al be it so that it be with a dyrked memory ; but he not by whiche ...
... Boethius , De Consolatione , lib . iii . pr . 2 : But I returne again to the studies of men , of which men the corage always reherseth and seeketh the soveraine good , al be it so that it be with a dyrked memory ; but he not by whiche ...
Page 158
... Boethius , ed . Morris . ) 1. 2136. What follows is taken from Boethius , lib . iv . pr . 6 : ' pe en- gendrynge of alle binges quod she and alle be progressiouns of muuable nature . and alle bat moeuep in any manere takip hys causes ...
... Boethius , ed . Morris . ) 1. 2136. What follows is taken from Boethius , lib . iv . pr . 6 : ' pe en- gendrynge of alle binges quod she and alle be progressiouns of muuable nature . and alle bat moeuep in any manere takip hys causes ...
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... Boethius . Bradwardyn . Thomas Bradwardine was Proctor in the University of Oxford in the year 1325 , and afterwards became Divinity Professor and Chancellor of the University . His chief work is On the Cause of God ' ( De Causâ Dei ) ...
... Boethius . Bradwardyn . Thomas Bradwardine was Proctor in the University of Oxford in the year 1325 , and afterwards became Divinity Professor and Chancellor of the University . His chief work is On the Cause of God ' ( De Causâ Dei ) ...
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