Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle ages, Volume 1Smith, 1846 - Anglo-Saxons |
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Page 157 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 195 - ... every powerful man made his castles, and held them against him ; and they filled the land full of castles. They cruelly oppressed the wretched men of the land with castle-works. When the castles were made, they filled them with devils and evil men.
Page 221 - Mox de generibus et speciebus illud quidem sive subsistant sive in solis nudis intellectibus posita sint, sive subsistentia corporalia sint an incorporalia, et utrum separata a sensibilibus an in sensibilibus posita, et circa haec consistentia, dicere recusabo.
Page 151 - A work which has met with great abuse among the reviewers, but those who are fond of philological pursuits will read it now it is to be had at so very moderate a price, and it really contains a good deal of gossiping matter. The author's attempt is...
Page 286 - ... and turn round, which motion continued advancing till it came to the place where they were, whereupon they began to bless themselves ; but one of their number being, it seems, a little more bold and confident than his companions, said ' Horse and Hattock with my top...
Page 254 - this was the great event which occurred at the end of the eleventh and beginning of the twelfth centuries, at a time when the Church was under theocratic and monastic influence.
Page 208 - He moste winke, so loude he wolde cryen, And stonden on his tiptoon ther-with-al, And strecche forth his nekke long and smal. And eek he was of swich discrecioun, That ther nas no man in no regioun That him in song or wisdom mighte passe. I have wel rad in daun Burnel the Asse...
Page 142 - Wis mon holt is wordes ynne ; For he nul no gle bygynne, Er he have tempred is pype. Sot is sot, ant that is sene ; For he wol speke wordes grene, Er then hue buen rype. ' Sottes bolt is sone shote ;
Page 244 - He who places his child on the roof or in a furnace for the recovery of his health, or for this purpose uses any charms, or characters, or magical figment, or any art, unless it be holy prayers, or the liberal art of medicine.
Page 193 - Hic decet, hic color est verus amantis, ait. Haec quoque diversis sua sordibus inficit ora. Sed quare? Melior quaeritur arte color. Arte supercilium rarescit, rursus et arte. In minimum mammas colligit ipsa suas. Arte quidem videas nigros flavescere crines, Nititur ipsa suo membra movere loco.