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Page 96
... gerund , and which was always preceded by to , while the infinitive wanted this prefix . This gerund denoted the action rather than the act . Having lost the power of distinguishing cases by terminations , the construction was indicated ...
... gerund , and which was always preceded by to , while the infinitive wanted this prefix . This gerund denoted the action rather than the act . Having lost the power of distinguishing cases by terminations , the construction was indicated ...
Page 116
... gerund or verbal noun . We would now say speaking , & c . , using the independent participial construction . 144. If that if so be that ; if it happened that . Accord- ing to this explanation , that is the sentence article , belonging ...
... gerund or verbal noun . We would now say speaking , & c . , using the independent participial construction . 144. If that if so be that ; if it happened that . Accord- ing to this explanation , that is the sentence article , belonging ...
Page 126
... gerund . In this case we would still use the gerundial construction ; as , " For , giving unto a poor order , is a sign , " & c . = 226. signe a sign . In E.E. the article is often omitted , where our present idiom requires it . Nouns ...
... gerund . In this case we would still use the gerundial construction ; as , " For , giving unto a poor order , is a sign , " & c . = 226. signe a sign . In E.E. the article is often omitted , where our present idiom requires it . Nouns ...
Page 128
... gerund : it has not the force of a preposition , as to delen is the subject of the sentence . It may possibly be construed as a conjunction introducing the sentence , but thrown out of its natural place by the exigencies of the metre ...
... gerund : it has not the force of a preposition , as to delen is the subject of the sentence . It may possibly be construed as a conjunction introducing the sentence , but thrown out of its natural place by the exigencies of the metre ...
Page 131
... gerund with the omis- sion of the article or relative word , as a - hunting . 272. clapsed = clasped . Connected with clip , to embrace . The word clip is still used to denote an iron passing around the axle of a wagon . The tendency to ...
... gerund with the omis- sion of the article or relative word , as a - hunting . 272. clapsed = clasped . Connected with clip , to embrace . The word clip is still used to denote an iron passing around the axle of a wagon . The tendency to ...
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adjective adverb anon Arcite Arcyte aventure berd byforn caas called Chaucer companye construction construed couthe dative denotes deth devyse doon doun Emelye English felawe force French genitive gerund gerundial Goth Gower gret grete hath heed heere heih hence herte highte hire hond idea infinitive inflection knight kyng lady Latin literally lord lovede lust lyve maken Mars meaning moche Morris nought noun original Palamon person pleyn plural preposition pret preterite prisoun pronoun refers romede ryde sayn Scan schal sche schortly schulde sense sentence seyde seyn Shak signified speke sterte subj subjunctive swerd tale Thanne Thebes ther Theseus thilke thincan thing thou toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt reads unto usually Venus verb Wedgwood Wel cowde weren weye whan Wiclif withouten wolde word wyde yeer
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Page 109 - ... the merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and of pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...
Page 156 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Page 13 - With us ther was a DOCTOUR OF PHISYK, In al this world ne was ther noon him lyk To speke of phisik and of surgerye; For he was grounded in astronomye.
Page 229 - What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Page 212 - Dixerat. ille patris magni parere parabat imperio: et primum pedibus talaria nectit aurea, quae sublimem alis sive aequora supra 240 seu terram rapido pariter cum flamine portant.
Page 99 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 7 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe al-thogh him sore smerte. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 104 - Shepherd, I take thy word, And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, Which oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended.
Page 18 - Ther nas baillif, ne herde, ne other hyne, That he ne knew his sleighte and his covyne ; They were adrad of him, as of the deeth. His woning was ful fair up-on an heeth, With grene trees shadwed was his place. He coude bettre than his lord purchace.
Page 89 - The firste moevere of the cause above, Whan he first made the faire cheyne of love, 2130 Greet was theffect, and heigh was his entente ; Wel wiste he why, and what ther-of he mente ; For with that faire cheyne of love he bond The fyr, the eyr, the water, and the lond In certeyn boundes, that they may nat flee ; That same prince and that moevere...