The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page xv
... sound may here , Or see your colour lyke the sonne bryghte , That of yelownesse hadde never pere ; Ye be my lyfe , ye be myn hertys stere . Quene of comfort and goode companye Beth hevy ayeyne , or elles moote I dye . Now Purse , that ...
... sound may here , Or see your colour lyke the sonne bryghte , That of yelownesse hadde never pere ; Ye be my lyfe , ye be myn hertys stere . Quene of comfort and goode companye Beth hevy ayeyne , or elles moote I dye . Now Purse , that ...
Page xlix
... sound , as in pat = that ; th = hard sound , as in thin ; but if þat ' begins a line it is written That . Other scribes muddle them up in every manner possible , and even turn þ into y ; hence the well - known ' y ' , ' i . e . þe , for ...
... sound , as in pat = that ; th = hard sound , as in thin ; but if þat ' begins a line it is written That . Other scribes muddle them up in every manner possible , and even turn þ into y ; hence the well - known ' y ' , ' i . e . þe , for ...
Page 130
... sounds bad . ' That day ( Domesday ) sal ( shall ) na man be excused 6 Of nathyng that he wrang ( wrong ) here used , That sounes in ille on any manere , Of whilk ( which ) he was never delyvered here . ' ( Pricke of Conscience , p ...
... sounds bad . ' That day ( Domesday ) sal ( shall ) na man be excused 6 Of nathyng that he wrang ( wrong ) here used , That sounes in ille on any manere , Of whilk ( which ) he was never delyvered here . ' ( Pricke of Conscience , p ...
Page 139
... sound , being a matter of the first consequence ; and his hand is as constantly placed under the meal - spout , to ascertain by actual contact the character and qualities of the meal produced . The thumb , by a particular movement ...
... sound , being a matter of the first consequence ; and his hand is as constantly placed under the meal - spout , to ascertain by actual contact the character and qualities of the meal produced . The thumb , by a particular movement ...
Page 176
... sound made by young birds . Cp . chuck , chuckle , & c . Chirkyng , sb . shrieking : B 1146 . The O. E. chirke signifies ' to make a noise like a bird , ' being a paral- lel form with chirp , and imitative of the sound made by birds ...
... sound made by young birds . Cp . chuck , chuckle , & c . Chirkyng , sb . shrieking : B 1146 . The O. E. chirke signifies ' to make a noise like a bird , ' being a paral- lel form with chirp , and imitative of the sound made by birds ...
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