A first sketch of English literature. With suppl. to the end of queen Victoria's reign1912 |
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Pagina 15
... Pope Gregory I. sent the Italian Augustine into this country , where he acted as a missionary from Rome to the South of England , and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury . The Celtic missionaries had then been at work for genera ...
... Pope Gregory I. sent the Italian Augustine into this country , where he acted as a missionary from Rome to the South of England , and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury . The Celtic missionaries had then been at work for genera ...
Pagina 23
... pope in vain desired to have him brought to Rome . He refused in his own monastery the dignity of abbot , because " the office demands household care ; and household care brings with it distraction of mind , which hinders the pur- suit ...
... pope in vain desired to have him brought to Rome . He refused in his own monastery the dignity of abbot , because " the office demands household care ; and household care brings with it distraction of mind , which hinders the pur- suit ...
Pagina 30
... Pope and of two councils ; but as long as Charles the Bald lived , there was shelter in his court . When Charles the Bald died , in 877 , Erigena returned to England ; and it is said that , about the year 884 , when he was teaching in ...
... Pope and of two councils ; but as long as Charles the Bald lived , there was shelter in his court . When Charles the Bald died , in 877 , Erigena returned to England ; and it is said that , about the year 884 , when he was teaching in ...
Pagina 33
... Pope Gelasius I. said , “ with wonderful brevity against heathen perversions , " and it became in the monastery schools the chief manual of universal history . King Alfred , in giving a free translation of it to his people , cleared the ...
... Pope Gelasius I. said , “ with wonderful brevity against heathen perversions , " and it became in the monastery schools the chief manual of universal history . King Alfred , in giving a free translation of it to his people , cleared the ...
Pagina 35
... Pope Gregory the Great . This book , known as the " Regula Pastoralis , " showing what the mind of a true spiritual pastor ought to be , was made English as Gregory's Book on the Care of the Soul . It is in the preface to this that King ...
... Pope Gregory the Great . This book , known as the " Regula Pastoralis , " showing what the mind of a true spiritual pastor ought to be , was made English as Gregory's Book on the Care of the Soul . It is in the preface to this that King ...
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Pagina 484 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Pagina 497 - 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 314 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Pagina 818 - His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Pagina 437 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Pagina 780 - 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 518 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge 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 498 - Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Paccuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.
Pagina 354 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Pagina 414 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows ; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin ; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?* THE SONGS OF BIRDS. WHAT bird so sings,...