10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEBLESSE»
Discover the use of
feblesse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
feblesse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Middle English Dictionary
3.pr.8.55: Yif thow semest fair, thy nature ne maketh nat that, but the
deceyvaunce of the feblesse of the eighen that loken. al450 Ben.Rule(2) ll3:
Myne eghen on 3ow sail luk ful clere. al475 Ludus C. 76/l3l: Myn eyn be not
lokynge a-bowte. tg.
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, 1973
2
A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: E-L
I . PS 1074 he shal thynke that the feblesse of the devel may nothyng doon, but if
men wol suffren hym; Bo III p 5 44 syn that I myself have schewyd the that
rewmes hemself ben fiil of greet feblesse Bo 1 1 1 p 8 48 thy nature ne maketh
nat that, ...
3
Hostages in the Middle Ages
Immediately following the list of twenty hostages, the 1557 treaty reads: 'It is
agreed, on account of the weakness (feblesse) of these hostages, that to back
them up (en aflqrrcement de eux) concerning the release of the king of Scotland,
three ...
4
Robert of Gloucester's Chronicle. Transcrib'd and Now First ...
\Vas feble after bat he was in be hors bere ybore, bat he moste ver feblesse nede
" holdehylm stylle, ' 9 ber vore be luber Saxons '° so muche adde her wytle. " And
gute b0 hyy ne mygte hym se, " hyy bogte wyt mym In some manere hym ...
Robert of Gloucester, 1810
5
Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's "De Consolatione ...
116 how gretly shcwib bo feblesse and infirmité of wicked bemion, i shall ° rf 1 1
continue thm folke. bat ne mowen nat come to bat hire naturel en- TM^de?i„TMa""
- tenctou» ledeb hem. and $itte almost bilk naturel "se conspicuous— , . _ eriii л ...
Boethius, Richard Morris, 1868
6
Originals and Analogues of Some of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
E1; quant Constaunce 0y 1a nouele, Cle8 priuee e celee ioie, chey en
pnimcsoun.9 Et puis que sez espiritz luy" estoient reuenuz, a lour demaunde10
que ele deuoit, se acundut par feblesse de sa" serulale11 que luy auent en la
mere.
Frederick James Furnivall, Edmund Brock, William Alexander Clouston, 1872
7
The life of Saint Alban and Saint Amphibal [engl./mittelengl.]
Stood in ther strengthe of spirituall swetnesse, His heuenly fervence, his charite
in substaunce Appallid nat bi no foreyn duresse; 3940 Force bar his baner geyn
his mortall feblesse, To preve this texte, seide sith go ful longe, How perfite love ...
John Lydgate, J. E. Van der Westhuizen, 1974
8
The Works of Thomas Hearne, M.A.: Robert of Gloucester's ...
Uter, be gode kynge, (of7 wan we speke by vore,) * Was feble after bat he was in
be hors bere y bore, bat he moste vor feblesse nede'' holde hym stylle, * ber vore
be luber Saxons *0so muche adde her wylle. " And jute bo hy y ne myjte hym ...
9
Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: Boethius and Troilus
For loke now how greetly sheweth the feblesse and infirmitee of wikkede folk,
thatnemowen nat comen to that hir naturel entencioun ledeth hem, and yit almost
thilke naturel entencioun constreineth hem. And what were to demen 105 thanne
...
Geoffrey Chaucer, Walter W. Skeat, 2008
10
The Works of Thomas Hearne, M.A.: Robert of Gloucester's ...
Heo was to prout s agen hyr Loruerd, vor hyr heyenesse, Vor heo was eyr, &
kynge's dojter, & eke * emperesse. be kyng hyre fader was old man, & drou to
feblesse," And be anguysse of hys dojter hym dude more destresse, And ' akelde
hym ...
