A Manual of English Literature...Ginn brothers, 1876 - Počet stran: 547 |
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... considered as belonging to us , since it treats principally of English feats of arms , and its author held a post in the court of Edward III . In Latin poetry there is nothing that deserves men- tion except the " Liber Metricus " of ...
... considered as belonging to us , since it treats principally of English feats of arms , and its author held a post in the court of Edward III . In Latin poetry there is nothing that deserves men- tion except the " Liber Metricus " of ...
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... considered , but historically only , not critically . All that will be attempted here is , after enumerating his principal works , to determine so far as possible their approximate dates , to describe the various literary materials ...
... considered , but historically only , not critically . All that will be attempted here is , after enumerating his principal works , to determine so far as possible their approximate dates , to describe the various literary materials ...
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... considered when we come to speak of the prose writings of the period . It is probably impos- sible to fix with exactness the date of its composition . He mentions in it , that he has been " berafte out of dignity of office ; " words ...
... considered when we come to speak of the prose writings of the period . It is probably impos- sible to fix with exactness the date of its composition . He mentions in it , that he has been " berafte out of dignity of office ; " words ...
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... considered . The subject is surrounded with difficulties , and cannot be fully dis- cussed here . A fine edition of the " Wycliffite versions of the Holy Scriptures " was issued in 1850 , under the care of the Rev. J. Forshall and Sir F ...
... considered . The subject is surrounded with difficulties , and cannot be fully dis- cussed here . A fine edition of the " Wycliffite versions of the Holy Scriptures " was issued in 1850 , under the care of the Rev. J. Forshall and Sir F ...
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... considered here . Something , however , will be said under this head , when we come to sketch the rise of the " new learning , " or study of the humanities , in England , and inquire into the causes of its fitful and intermittent growth ...
... considered here . Something , however , will be said under this head , when we come to sketch the rise of the " new learning , " or study of the humanities , in England , and inquire into the causes of its fitful and intermittent growth ...
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Strana 429 - But see ! the Virgin blest Hath laid her Babe to rest ; Time is, our tedious song should here have ending: Heaven's youngest-teemed star Hath fixed her polished car, Her sleeping Lord with handmaid lamp attending: And all about the courtly stable Bright-harnessed Angels sit in order serviceable.
Strana 442 - Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. Old time is still a,flying: And this same flower that smiles to,day To,morrow will be dying.
Strana 403 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Strana 456 - May have broken the woof of my tent's thin roof, The Stars peep behind her and peer. And I laugh to see them whirl and flee Like a swarm of golden bees...
Strana 446 - FEAR no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages. Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak. The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the lightning-flash, Nor the all-dreaded thunder-stone; Fear not slander, censure...
Strana 415 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Strana 426 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Strana 356 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd : for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...
Strana 416 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Strana 448 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...