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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1907. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Elements of the Third Boole. 103 above citations.1 The difficulty in placing the responsibility on any one author is seen iu the following seemingly unwarranted ascription by Cino Chiarini.2 He has in mind Chaucer's ll.10001008:-- "'Yis parde,' quod he; 'wostow why? For whan thou redest poetrye, How goddes gonne stellifye Bird, fish, beste, or him or here, As the Raven, or either Bere, Or Arione's harpe fyne, Castor, Polux or Delphyne, Or Athalantes doughtres sevene, How alle these arn set in hevene ;'" and he refers to Dante's Paradiso, XXII.: " dove Dante enumera i setti pianeti, dopo aver parlato a lungo dell' influsso benigno delle stelle dei Gemini sul proprio ingegno." CHAPTER V The Characteristic Elements of the Third Book. In the third book of the Hous of Fame, Chaucer visits the *' place" of the goddess of Fame and describes for us her habitation, her appearance and attributes, and lastly the house of tidings near by. The palace of the goddess, which as we learn from the second book stands "Right even in niiddes of the weye, Betwixen hevcnc, erthc, and see," is built upon a rock of ice. One side of the rock is engraved 104 The 'Place' of the Goddess of Fame. 1 The inevitable resemblance which one finds among accounts of heavenly flights suggests a connection which in some cases is quite unlikely, and in others actually impossible. An example of the first sort is the Apocalypsis Goliae Episcopi, in which the poet is borne in the spirit through the air to the enhance of heaven. Hi: sees the mysteries and tells what they signify. (The Latin poems commonly attributed to Walter Mapcs, collected by Thos. Wright, Cumden Soc. Lond. 1841.) An excellent example of the second sort is Lueian's Dialogue between Mcnippus and a friend. (The Works of Lucian, translated...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 123530082X
- ISBN 13 9781235300820
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages76
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