English Prose: Selections, Volume 1Sir Henry Craik Macmillan and Company, 1893 This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers. |
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Pagina 9
... known as it is . " Was never yet more wretchedness in the land , nor ever did the heathen men worse than these men did . For never anywhere did they spare either church or churchyard , but took all the wealth that was therein , and ...
... known as it is . " Was never yet more wretchedness in the land , nor ever did the heathen men worse than these men did . For never anywhere did they spare either church or churchyard , but took all the wealth that was therein , and ...
Pagina 10
... known better , the Monarchy of Sir David Lyndesay . The audience expected something finer than spoken language , and the taste that accepted the allitera- tive homilies may be compared with that which preserves the gaudy poetical ...
... known better , the Monarchy of Sir David Lyndesay . The audience expected something finer than spoken language , and the taste that accepted the allitera- tive homilies may be compared with that which preserves the gaudy poetical ...
Pagina 19
... known on the subject will be found summarised in an article by Mr. E. B. Nicholson , and the late Colonel Yule , in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica . Mr. Nicholson's final conclusion , since strength- ened by fresh ...
... known on the subject will be found summarised in an article by Mr. E. B. Nicholson , and the late Colonel Yule , in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica . Mr. Nicholson's final conclusion , since strength- ened by fresh ...
Pagina 42
... known in all medieval literature : it is not a new element . It is hard to forgive , especially when one thinks that it was to this the innocent Sir Thopas was sacrificed . In one sense , however , the Tale of Melibeus displays the ...
... known in all medieval literature : it is not a new element . It is hard to forgive , especially when one thinks that it was to this the innocent Sir Thopas was sacrificed . In one sense , however , the Tale of Melibeus displays the ...
Pagina 45
... known . And as St. Bernard saith there shall no plaining avail nor no sleight ; we shall give reckoning of every idle word . There shall we have a judge that may not be deceived nor corrupt ; and why ? for certes , all our thoughts be ...
... known . And as St. Bernard saith there shall no plaining avail nor no sleight ; we shall give reckoning of every idle word . There shall we have a judge that may not be deceived nor corrupt ; and why ? for certes , all our thoughts be ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 485 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth ; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel...
Pagina 468 - But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at first it was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements...
Pagina 487 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Pagina 162 - I, your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and . „ swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
Pagina 419 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age, what would it work, trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?
Pagina 563 - ... 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.
Pagina 162 - For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men, no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lands...
Pagina 562 - To those gentlemen, his quondam acquaintance, that spend their wits in making plays, RG wisheth a better exercise, and wisdom to prevent his extremities.
Pagina 322 - And forasmuch as his mind gave him that, his nephews living, men would not reckon that he could have right to the realm, he thought therefore without delay to rid them, as though the killing of his kinsmen could amend his cause and make him a kindly king.
Pagina 35 - Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring...