The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's Great Writers, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Modern, with Biographical and Explanatory Notes and Critical Essays by Many Eminent Writers, Volume 10Richard Garnett Standard, 1899 - 9822 pagina's |
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Pagina 4374
... give us a picture of the society in which they themselves have lived . So long as the belief in a golden age , in a ... gives us a far closer approximation to the whole truth than the chronological table . Hence the genius of Herodotus ...
... give us a picture of the society in which they themselves have lived . So long as the belief in a golden age , in a ... gives us a far closer approximation to the whole truth than the chronological table . Hence the genius of Herodotus ...
Pagina 4377
... in interest . But is it possible for any thoughtful man , living and taking part in the political controversies of his day , to give us an objective record of his own time ? This is what Thucydides THE LITERATURE OF HISTORY xiii.
... in interest . But is it possible for any thoughtful man , living and taking part in the political controversies of his day , to give us an objective record of his own time ? This is what Thucydides THE LITERATURE OF HISTORY xiii.
Pagina 4378
... gives us a gallery of the grandees of Hellas and of Asia , Thucydides is the Rembrandt who expresses his own people , be they coarse or even ugly , with the force and spirit of his gloomy genius . These are the two immortal types , even ...
... gives us a gallery of the grandees of Hellas and of Asia , Thucydides is the Rembrandt who expresses his own people , be they coarse or even ugly , with the force and spirit of his gloomy genius . These are the two immortal types , even ...
Pagina 4382
... give us another book on history . His eight volumes on England in the Eighteenth Century would , however , in themselves be an ample record of his genius , even had they not been preceded by those remarkable volumes on the History of ...
... give us another book on history . His eight volumes on England in the Eighteenth Century would , however , in themselves be an ample record of his genius , even had they not been preceded by those remarkable volumes on the History of ...
Pagina 4383
... give us little more than a catalogue of extracts , gathered and set forth with modest , and therefore more admirable , skill and care . And therefore they may fairly be judged as specimens of his research , not of his style , unless it ...
... give us little more than a catalogue of extracts , gathered and set forth with modest , and therefore more admirable , skill and care . And therefore they may fairly be judged as specimens of his research , not of his style , unless it ...
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Pagina 4687 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on. Like leviathans afloat, Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest...
Pagina 4748 - May the great God whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory, and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it, and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet!
Pagina 4423 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. "My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Pagina 4427 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Pagina 4424 - I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. "I am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.
Pagina 4688 - Like leviathans afloat Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Pagina 4428 - Tell me you must and shall — Say why bare-headed you are come, Or why you come at all?
Pagina 4642 - You will observe that from Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity...
Pagina 4610 - After laying down my pen. I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame.
Pagina 4487 - Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes...