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 17
... poor thing to lose appreciation of the different tracts and levels over which litera- ture has passed , to be without the perspective of literature . It is in the earlier periods especially that a truer perspective is wanted . The ...
... poor thing to lose appreciation of the different tracts and levels over which litera- ture has passed , to be without the perspective of literature . It is in the earlier periods especially that a truer perspective is wanted . The ...
Pagina 24
... Also the son of a poor man woke that hawk , and wished that he might cheve well , and to be happy to merchandise . And the lady granted him . And he became the most rich and the 24 ENGLISH PROSE The Castle of the Sparrowhawk.
... Also the son of a poor man woke that hawk , and wished that he might cheve well , and to be happy to merchandise . And the lady granted him . And he became the most rich and the 24 ENGLISH PROSE The Castle of the Sparrowhawk.
Pagina 47
... poor that hath good friends ; but here is no friend , for neither God nor no creature shall be friend unto them , and every of them shall hate other with deadly hate . The sons and the daughters shall rebel against the father and the ...
... poor that hath good friends ; but here is no friend , for neither God nor no creature shall be friend unto them , and every of them shall hate other with deadly hate . The sons and the daughters shall rebel against the father and the ...
Pagina 64
... poor knights did . HOW TIDINGS CAME TO ARTHUR THAT KING RYONS HAD OVER- COME ELEVEN KINGS , AND HOW HE DESIRED ARTHUR'S BEARD TO TRIM HIS MANTLE . THIS meanwhile came a messager from king Ryons of North Wales , and king he was of all ...
... poor knights did . HOW TIDINGS CAME TO ARTHUR THAT KING RYONS HAD OVER- COME ELEVEN KINGS , AND HOW HE DESIRED ARTHUR'S BEARD TO TRIM HIS MANTLE . THIS meanwhile came a messager from king Ryons of North Wales , and king he was of all ...
Pagina 81
... poor coat under their uttermost garment made of great canvas , and called a frock . Their hosen be of like canvas , and pass not their knee , wherefore they be gartered , and their thighs bare . Their wives and children go barefoot ...
... poor coat under their uttermost garment made of great canvas , and called a frock . Their hosen be of like canvas , and pass not their knee , wherefore they be gartered , and their thighs bare . Their wives and children go barefoot ...
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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...