The Paston Letters 1422-1509James Gairdner Grant, 1901 |
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... therefore , when this edition is completed , it will be found not only more full , but more accurate and even more interesting , than the former one . ' Still , it is certainly produced under a disadvantage in the absence of so many of ...
... therefore , when this edition is completed , it will be found not only more full , but more accurate and even more interesting , than the former one . ' Still , it is certainly produced under a disadvantage in the absence of so many of ...
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... therefore , that his copy was the literal transcript , and that of Fenn the modern version . 1 The following is the exact form in which they stand in the literal or left - hand version : - ' Utia'z iste mu'd maligus t'nsirt & c'up'ia eo ...
... therefore , that his copy was the literal transcript , and that of Fenn the modern version . 1 The following is the exact form in which they stand in the literal or left - hand version : - ' Utia'z iste mu'd maligus t'nsirt & c'up'ia eo ...
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... therefore , been our principle in this pub- lication to reprint from Fenn's edition all those letters of which the originals have not yet been recovered , and to print carefully from the MSS . in all cases where the MSS . are accessible ...
... therefore , been our principle in this pub- lication to reprint from Fenn's edition all those letters of which the originals have not yet been recovered , and to print carefully from the MSS . in all cases where the MSS . are accessible ...
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... therefore not attempted , from the discovery of so many MSS . at the last moment , to supply the whole of Fenn's omissions , or to collate his printed text with every one of the originals . But to test the general accuracy of the first ...
... therefore not attempted , from the discovery of so many MSS . at the last moment , to supply the whole of Fenn's omissions , or to collate his printed text with every one of the originals . But to test the general accuracy of the first ...
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... therefore promised to give them up to the French king , for the use of René and his brother , Charles of Anjou ; so that instead of the former giving his daughter a dower , England was called upon to part with some of her conquests ...
... therefore promised to give them up to the French king , for the use of René and his brother , Charles of Anjou ; so that instead of the former giving his daughter a dower , England was called upon to part with some of her conquests ...
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Page clxxviii - Edward ; and then he held up his hands, and thanked God thereof. And he said he never knew him till that time ; nor wist not what was said to him, nor wist not where he had been, whilst he hath been sick till now ; and he asked who were godfathers, and the queen told him, and he was well apaid (content).
Page clvii - ... is so high and so mighty in its nature, that it may make law ; and that that is law, it may make no law; and the determination and knowledge of that privilege belongeth to the .Lords of the parliament and not to the justices.
Page cclx - I pray you visit the Rood of Northdoor and St. Saviour at Bermondsey, among while ye abide in London, and let my sister Margery go with you to pray to them that she may have a good husband ere she come home again ; and now I pray you send me some tidings as ye were wont to command me.
Page xxxv - Clement yede (ie, went) at one plough both winter and summer, and he rode to mill on the bare horseback with his corn under him, and brought home meal again under him, and also drove his cart with divers corns to Wynterton to sell, as a good husband [man] ought to do.
Page cccx - ... said for certain that the Duke of Clarence maketh him big in that he can, showing as he would but deal with the Duke of Gloucester; but the king intendeth, in eschewing all...
Page i - There are letters from all my acquaintance, Lord Rivers, Lord Hastings, the Earl of Warwick, whom I remember still better than Mrs. Strawbridge, though she died within these fifty years. What antiquary would be answering a letter from a living countess, when he may read one from Eleanor Mowbray, Duchess of Norfolk.