"Lawe" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... one can read the Prioress's tale, understanding the spirit in which it was written, and in which the child sings O alma redemptoris mater, or the account of the departure of Constance with her child upon the sea, in the Man of Lawe's tale, without feeling the native innocence and refinement of the author. Nor can we be mistaken respecting the essential purity of his character, disregarding the apology of the manners of the age. A simple pathos and feminine gentleness, which Wordsworth only occasionally approaches, ...
— A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers • Henry David Thoreau
... Collation:[bu]^{10}[2][bu]^8a-f^8 (f2-4 are signed f.g. ii-iiii) h-2z^8A-2C^8, with one leaf signed [ht] inserted after 2C 5, 2D-2Y^{8}2Z^6, paged. Wanting [bullet]10 and 2Z^6 (? blank). Double columns. Epistle dedicatory by the editor, 'Wyllyam Rastell, seriant at lawe' to Queen Mary. Table of contents. Alphabetical table collected by Thomas Paynell. The preliminary quire of eight leaves signed [2][bu] contains More's early poems, the remainder of the volume his prose works. The inserted leaf in sig. 2C contains an ...
— Catalogue of the Books Presented by Edward Capell to the Library of Trinity College in Cambridge • W. W. Greg |
