Ratis raving


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Ratis Raving, and Other Moral and Religious Pieces, in Prose and Verse (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Ratis Raving, and Other Moral and Religious Pieces, in Prose and Verse The Society is indebted to one of its members, W. W. King, Esq., for the entire copying of the ms. The present Editor undertook to prepare the work for the press in the first instance, but was prevented by other duties from carrying it through at that time, and the editing was trans ferred to the hands of one of our members, since dead. Owing to the divided responsibility some misprints have occurred in the text, mainly because of the great similarity between certain letters in the ms. The following list of errata is therefore appended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Ratis Raving, and Other Moral and Religious Pieces, in Prose and Verse


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Excerpt from Ratis Raving, and Other Moral and Religious Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Edited From the Cambridge University Ms. Kk. 1. 5 The eleven pieces contained in this volume are from a ms. In the Cambridge University Library, marked rr. 1, 5. This volume consists of eight parts, and, as they have been separated lately, it may be useful to indicate the contents of each. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.










Chaucer’s Visions of Manhood


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This book argues that Chaucer challenges his culture's mounting obsession with vision, constructing a model of 'manhed' that blurs the distinction between agency and passivity in a traditional gender binary.