One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. The sun also ariseth, and the sun goet...h down, and hasteth to the place where he arose.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A clerk ther was of Oxenford also That unto logyk hadde longe ygo.... As leene was his hors as is a rake, And he nas nat right fat, I undertake, But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A good man was ther of religioun, And was a poure persoun of a toun,... But riche he was of hooly thoght and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk, That Cristes gospel trewely wolde preche. His parisshens devoutly wolde he teche.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There was also a Nonne, a prioresse, That of hir smylyng was ful symple and coy;... Hire gretteste ooth was but by Seint Loy. And she was cleped madame Eglentyne.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is natural, now, to think of there being connected with a sign (name, combination of words, letter) besides that to which the s...ign refers, which may be called the reference of the sign, also what I should like to call the sense of the sign, wherein the mode of presentation is contained. In our example, accordingly, [an example in which lines a, b, and c all intersect at a single point] the reference of the expressions 'the point of intersection of a and b' and 'the point of intersection of b and c' would be the same, but not their senses. The reference of 'evening star' would be the same as that of 'morning star,' but not the sense.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »