A History of English LiteratureJ. Murray, 1876 - Počet stran: 550 |
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Strana iv
... considerable additions have been made to the later Chapters of the work . A brief account of the lives and works of more than 220 authors has been added ; and it is believed that the work , in its present form , will be found to contain ...
... considerable additions have been made to the later Chapters of the work . A brief account of the lives and works of more than 220 authors has been added ; and it is believed that the work , in its present form , will be found to contain ...
Strana 2
... considerable degree of civilization , learnt the Latin language , and became a Latinized or provincial race , similar to the inhabitants on the other side of the Channel . The other portion of the Celts , namely , those who inhabited ...
... considerable degree of civilization , learnt the Latin language , and became a Latinized or provincial race , similar to the inhabitants on the other side of the Channel . The other portion of the Celts , namely , those who inhabited ...
Strana 3
... considerable num- ber of words ultimately traceable to Celtic roots , but these have been introduced into it through the medium of the French , which , to- gether with an enormous majority of Latin words , contains some of On the Celtic ...
... considerable num- ber of words ultimately traceable to Celtic roots , but these have been introduced into it through the medium of the French , which , to- gether with an enormous majority of Latin words , contains some of On the Celtic ...
Strana 6
... considerable Saxon poems ; but the dis- covery of the manuscript of the Lay of Beowulf , to which we have just alluded , has furnished us with a specimen of Anglo - Saxon poetry decidedly more ancient , as well as far more interesting ...
... considerable Saxon poems ; but the dis- covery of the manuscript of the Lay of Beowulf , to which we have just alluded , has furnished us with a specimen of Anglo - Saxon poetry decidedly more ancient , as well as far more interesting ...
Strana 9
... considerable number of Latin words . Alfred , we know , visited Rome in his youth , acquired there a considerable portion of the learning which he unquestionably possessed , and exhibited his patriotic care for the enlightenment of his ...
... considerable number of Latin words . Alfred , we know , visited Rome in his youth , acquired there a considerable portion of the learning which he unquestionably possessed , and exhibited his patriotic care for the enlightenment of his ...
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Strana 360 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Strana 482 - For over all there hung a cloud of fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted!
Strana 45 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Strana 140 - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Strana 228 - ... sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes...
Strana 500 - ... by night in places of interment. Some stalked slowly on, absorbed in profound reverie ; some, shrieking with agony, ran furiously about like tigers wounded with poisoned arrows ; whilst others, grinding their teeth in rage, foamed along more frantic than the wildest maniac. They all avoided each other; and, though surrounded by a multitude that no one could number, each wandered at random unheedful of the rest, as if alone on a desert where no foot had trodden.
Strana 289 - Pope's translation is far from unfaithful; but in the spirit, the atmosphere, so to say, of the original, the ballad-like version of Chapman is far superior. Bentley's criticism is, after all, the best and most comprehensive that has yet been made on this work: "It is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope, but you must not call it Homer.
Strana ii - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Strana 419 - The greatest of these poems are unquestionably the three first — the Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and the Lady of the Lake.
Strana 510 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.