A First Sketch of English Literature, Deel 2Cassell, 1890 - 1099 pagina's |
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Pagina 63
... printed editions with his Lancelot . The spiritual significance thus given by Walter Map to King Arthur , as the romance hero of the English , he is so far from having lost among us , that we shall find great phases in the history of ...
... printed editions with his Lancelot . The spiritual significance thus given by Walter Map to King Arthur , as the romance hero of the English , he is so far from having lost among us , that we shall find great phases in the history of ...
Pagina 79
... printed quarto pages . He wrote a book of husbandry in Latin , of which there are also MSS . in French . He wrote sermons , treatises on physical and mental philosophy , commentaries on Aristotle , Latin and French verse , including a ...
... printed quarto pages . He wrote a book of husbandry in Latin , of which there are also MSS . in French . He wrote sermons , treatises on physical and mental philosophy , commentaries on Aristotle , Latin and French verse , including a ...
Pagina 97
... printed , it forms a massive folio of 876 closely- filled pages . Bradwardine thus earned from the pope the title of the Profound Doctor , and from Chaucer the allusion in his Nun's Priest's Tale : E " For I ne cannot bolt it to the bran.
... printed , it forms a massive folio of 876 closely- filled pages . Bradwardine thus earned from the pope the title of the Profound Doctor , and from Chaucer the allusion in his Nun's Priest's Tale : E " For I ne cannot bolt it to the bran.
Pagina 129
... printed in Germany , but none in England . 25. John Gower was a gentleman of Kent , close kindred to a knight , Sir Robert Gower , who had property in Suffolk and elsewhere , and who was buried in Brabourne Church , five miles from ...
... printed in Germany , but none in England . 25. John Gower was a gentleman of Kent , close kindred to a knight , Sir Robert Gower , who had property in Suffolk and elsewhere , and who was buried in Brabourne Church , five miles from ...
Pagina 150
... printed Trevisa's translation of the " Polychronicon , " said that he had also translated the Bible ; and it is thought possible that this translation may be still extant at Rome . Trevisa , who was a shrewd man , added a few short ...
... printed Trevisa's translation of the " Polychronicon , " said that he had also translated the Bible ; and it is thought possible that this translation may be still extant at Rome . Trevisa , who was a shrewd man , added a few short ...
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Pagina 549 - 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.
Pagina 478 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, ' I am Sir Oracle, And, when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Pagina 547 - 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 716 - Tis resolved, for Nature pleads that he Should only rule who most resembles me. Shadwell alone my perfect image bears, Mature in dulness from his tender years ; Shadwell alone of all my sons is he Who stands confirmed in full stupidity. The rest to some faint meaning make pretence, But Shadwell never deviates into sense.
Pagina 481 - He hath disgraced me, and hindered me half a million; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies; and what's his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Pagina 435 - Tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide," 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 435 - 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 516 - ... 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 482 - 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 786 - 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.