A Manual of English LiteratureSheldon, 1879 - 665 pagina's |
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... called themselves the English people , just as they have done during the five hundred years since Chaucer ; and during all those centuries they have uni- formly called their language and their literature English like- wise . For twelve ...
... called themselves the English people , just as they have done during the five hundred years since Chaucer ; and during all those centuries they have uni- formly called their language and their literature English like- wise . For twelve ...
Pagina 15
... called him to her , up the great rock , and , to test his power , caused pieces of Scripture story to be told to him , then bade him go home , and turn them into verse . He returned next day with the work so well done , that his ...
... called him to her , up the great rock , and , to test his power , caused pieces of Scripture story to be told to him , then bade him go home , and turn them into verse . He returned next day with the work so well done , that his ...
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... called , " The Death of Byrhtnoth , " warm with the generous love of independence , and yet simply honest in its record of defeat , through which we feel , as it were , the pulse of the nation beating healthily . Perhaps the most famous ...
... called , " The Death of Byrhtnoth , " warm with the generous love of independence , and yet simply honest in its record of defeat , through which we feel , as it were , the pulse of the nation beating healthily . Perhaps the most famous ...
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... called the Danes ; in France , the Normans . In the autumn of 866 the Danes occupied in strength part of the eastern coast , and in the following spring they plundered and burned churches and monasteries of East Anglia . The Abbess ...
... called the Danes ; in France , the Normans . In the autumn of 866 the Danes occupied in strength part of the eastern coast , and in the following spring they plundered and burned churches and monasteries of East Anglia . The Abbess ...
Pagina 27
... called treason ; was imprisoned , and from prison led to execution , about the year 525. In prison he wrote his noble work called " The Consolation of Philosophy , " in five books of prose , mixed with verse . The first of its five ...
... called treason ; was imprisoned , and from prison led to execution , about the year 525. In prison he wrote his noble work called " The Consolation of Philosophy , " in five books of prose , mixed with verse . The first of its five ...
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Populaire passages
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 477 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
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 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 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 407 - THERE was an ancient sage philosopher That had read Alexander Ross over, And swore the world, as he could prove, Was made of fighting and of love. Just so Romances are, for what else Is in them all but love and battles ? O' th' first of these w' have no great matter To treat of, but a world o' th' latter, In which to do the injured right We mean, in what concerns just fight.
Pagina 332 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Pagina 539 - Humour can prevail, When Airs, and Flights, and Screams, and Scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty Eyes may roll ; Charms strike the Sight, but Merit wins the Soul.
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 398 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns, And to His faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously...