An Outline Sketch of English LiteratureChautauqua Press, 1886 - 294 pagina's |
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Pagina 36
... never quite lost their hold . But Chau- cer's artlessness is half the secret of his wonderful ease in story - telling , and is so engaging that , like a child's sweet unconsciousness , one would not wish it otherwise . The Canterbury ...
... never quite lost their hold . But Chau- cer's artlessness is half the secret of his wonderful ease in story - telling , and is so engaging that , like a child's sweet unconsciousness , one would not wish it otherwise . The Canterbury ...
Pagina 41
... and James I. had helped to polish and refine the tongue and to prolong the Chaucerian tradition . The literary English never again slipped back into the chaos of dialects which had pre- vailed FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER . 41.
... and James I. had helped to polish and refine the tongue and to prolong the Chaucerian tradition . The literary English never again slipped back into the chaos of dialects which had pre- vailed FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER . 41.
Pagina 46
... were head of all Christian knights ; and now I dare say , ' said Sir Ector , thou , Sir Launcelot , there thou liest , that thou were never matched of earthly S knight's hand ; and thou were the courtiest knight that 46 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... were head of all Christian knights ; and now I dare say , ' said Sir Ector , thou , Sir Launcelot , there thou liest , that thou were never matched of earthly S knight's hand ; and thou were the courtiest knight that 46 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
Pagina 51
... never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas but I found myself more moved than by a trumpet ; and yet it is sung but by some blind crouder , * with no rougher voice than rude style . " But the style of the ballads was not always rude ...
... never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas but I found myself more moved than by a trumpet ; and yet it is sung but by some blind crouder , * with no rougher voice than rude style . " But the style of the ballads was not always rude ...
Pagina 54
... never - failing charm to the exploits of " the old Robin Hood of England " and his merry men . The ballads came , in time , to have certain tricks of style , such as are apt to character- ize a body of anonymous folk - poetry . Such is ...
... never - failing charm to the exploits of " the old Robin Hood of England " and his merry men . The ballads came , in time , to have certain tricks of style , such as are apt to character- ize a body of anonymous folk - poetry . Such is ...
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Pagina 153 - So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless faithful only he ; Among innumerable false unmoved. Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Pagina 84 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death \ whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Pagina 85 - Even such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust ; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust ! ELIZABETHAN MISCELLANIES.
Pagina 181 - It was said of Socrates that he brought Philosophy down from heaven, to inhabit among men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and in coffeehouses.
Pagina 150 - More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchanged To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues, In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when Morn Purples the East.
Pagina 47 - ... the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Pagina 146 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Pagina 281 - Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.
Pagina 183 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform. Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pagina 149 - But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.