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Excerpt from The d104 of the Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1: Studied on the Basis of All Known Manuscripts; Descriptions of the Manuscripts Indexes of books, persons and places, and family mot toes seemed necessary for Volume I. The character and organization of the materials renders them unnecessary for the other volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.
"This edition ... contains the sources and major analogues of Chaucer's works (some re-edited from manuscripts closer to his own copies) together with discoveries from the past half-century, some of which have not previously appeared together in print. Special features in this new enterprise include a fresh interpretation of Chaucer's sources for the frame of the work, and modern English translations of all non-English texts; chapters on the individual tales contain an updated survey of the present state of scholarship on their source material".--BOOKJACKET.
Excerpt from Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1: With an Essay Upon His Language and Versification, an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary In referring words to the other two great classes a precise ac curacy has not been attempted. The small remains of the ge nuine anglo-saxon language, which our lexicographers have been able to collect, do not furnish authorities for a multitude of words, which however may be fairly derived from that source, because they are to be. Found with little variation in the other collateral languages descended from the Gothic. The term saxon there fore is here used with such a latitude as to include the Gothic, and all its branches. At the same time, as the Francic part of the French language bad a common original with the Anglosaxon, it happens that some words may be denominated either french or saxon with almost equal probability. In all such cases, the final judgement is left to those, who have leisure and inclination (according to our author's phrase, ver. To boult the matter to the bren. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 edition. Excerpt: ... estate and his pleasures, and perhaps prepared a rival at a time of life when he was likely to find himself but little disposed to endure one. Mr. Arundel, it may be easily judged, was not a man of principle: he therefore formed rather a resolution than a plan; and, without exactly analyzing his own motives, sent his son, at two years of age, into France, under the care of a person who had once been his mistress, and whose declining health induced her to try a more settled climate than her own. The woman had her instructions. The birth of young Henry was carefully concealed; and her death, which happened three years after, left the child in the hands of strangers, at a small English school in Normandy, where an annual stipend freed his father from all present anxiety. From the relations of his deceased wife he had nothing to fear; most of them were dead; the rest were wanderers over the continent, distressed by the ingratitude of a monarch whom they had abandoned every thing to serve. Time now rolled rapidly away in vanity and pleasure: but time, though it had not yet robbed Mr. Arundel of his graces, had produced an insensible alteration in them: that of novelty was vanishing fast. He began only to please where he was accustomed to captivate; and had even some vague surmises, that he might soon cease to do either; when Fortune resolved, by one favorable stroke, to atone for all her past inattention. The young heiress of the illustrious house of Lindsey was at that period first presented at court. She was beautiful, rich, and had just seen enough of the world to value all the graces it bestows. Arundel caught her eye, while his was directed elsewhere: the superior elegance of his person fixed her attention; and, when he was...
Part One This monumental edition, in two volumes, presents a full record of commentary, both textual and interpretive, on the best known and most widely studied part of Chaucer's work, The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales. Part One A contains a critical commentary, a textual commentary, text, collations, textual notes, an appendix of sources for the first eighteen lines of The General Prologue, and a bibliographical index. Because most explication of The General Prologue is directed to particular points, details, and passages, the present edition has devoted Part One B to the record of such commentary. This volume, compiled by Malcolm Andrew, also includes overviews of commentary on coherent passages such as the portraits of the pilgrims.