A Manual of English LiteratureSheldon, 1879 - 665 pagina's |
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Pagina iv
... thing bearing directly upon English literature ; but I have tried to leave out every thing whose relation to English literature was either indirect , or , for American readers , bewildering : such as , on the one hand , extended ...
... thing bearing directly upon English literature ; but I have tried to leave out every thing whose relation to English literature was either indirect , or , for American readers , bewildering : such as , on the one hand , extended ...
Pagina v
... things , than most other works of the kind . Yet I know that , in spite of all my effort to keep them out , some inaccuracies must still have crept into the book ; and I shall be exceedingly grateful to any reader who will kindly notify ...
... things , than most other works of the kind . Yet I know that , in spite of all my effort to keep them out , some inaccuracies must still have crept into the book ; and I shall be exceedingly grateful to any reader who will kindly notify ...
Pagina 22
... Things , " a text - book of the sci- ence of his day , digested and compacted out of many volumes . His works are almost an encyclopædia of the knowledge of his time . He drew it from many sources , where it lay hidden in dull ...
... Things , " a text - book of the sci- ence of his day , digested and compacted out of many volumes . His works are almost an encyclopædia of the knowledge of his time . He drew it from many sources , where it lay hidden in dull ...
Pagina 26
... thing for the re - assurance of the faithful . Orosius produced , therefore , in Latin , a dull book , written , as Pope Gelasius I. said , " with wonderful brevity against heathen perversions , " and it became in the monastery schools ...
... thing for the re - assurance of the faithful . Orosius produced , therefore , in Latin , a dull book , written , as Pope Gelasius I. said , " with wonderful brevity against heathen perversions , " and it became in the monastery schools ...
Pagina 35
... things that were not bought for the monastic library , works of the Fathers , writings in defence of orthodox belief ; a good book on the right computa- tion of Easter ; a treatise on each of the seven steps of knowl- edge which led up ...
... things that were not bought for the monastic library , works of the Fathers , writings in defence of orthodox belief ; a good book on the right computa- tion of Easter ; a treatise on each of the seven steps of knowl- edge which led up ...
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Pagina 335 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Pagina 324 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Pagina 288 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Pagina 290 - Triumph, my Britain ! thou hast one to show. To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Pagina 360 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Pagina 523 - 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 past, 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 261 - Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peer?
Pagina 261 - To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.
Pagina 388 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Pagina 327 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.