A Hand-book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General ReadersLee and Shepard, 1888 - 608 Seiten |
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... falls upon many that are now mere names ; and to continue making selections from the works of such is like lumbering a house with decrepit and useless furniture , to the exclusion of that which is taste- ful and adapted to modern wants ...
... falls upon many that are now mere names ; and to continue making selections from the works of such is like lumbering a house with decrepit and useless furniture , to the exclusion of that which is taste- ful and adapted to modern wants ...
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... fall of the Roman empire , when each European tribe was left to establish its own government , their several original languages , more or less impregnated by the Latin of their former masters , be- gan to receive their natural and ...
... fall of the Roman empire , when each European tribe was left to establish its own government , their several original languages , more or less impregnated by the Latin of their former masters , be- gan to receive their natural and ...
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... fall before her flat , And worship her as goddesse of the wood ; And old Sylvanus selfe bethinkes not , what To thinke of wight so fayre ; but gazing stood In doubt to deeme her borne of earthly brood : 1 A support . Sometimes dame ...
... fall before her flat , And worship her as goddesse of the wood ; And old Sylvanus selfe bethinkes not , what To thinke of wight so fayre ; but gazing stood In doubt to deeme her borne of earthly brood : 1 A support . Sometimes dame ...
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... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . RICHARD HOOKER . Richard Hooker , an eminent divine , was born near Exeter , in 1553 , and ...
... fall ; The waters fall with difference discreet , Now soft , now loud , unto the wind did call ; The gentle warbling wind low answered to all . RICHARD HOOKER . Richard Hooker , an eminent divine , was born near Exeter , in 1553 , and ...
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... falling , the very steps and inflections every way , the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject ; yea , so to imitate them , that , whether it resemble unto us the same state wherein our minds already are , or ...
... falling , the very steps and inflections every way , the turns and varieties of all passions whereunto the mind is subject ; yea , so to imitate them , that , whether it resemble unto us the same state wherein our minds already are , or ...
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Aurelian beauty beneath Bob Cratchit born breath bright church clouds Cratchit cried dark dear death deep delight door doth Duke Duke of Bedford earth EDMUND BURKE English eyes fair father fear feel Fezziwig flowers glory grace green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven honor hope Ivanhoe Jeanie John king King Arthur lady Lars Porsena learned light live look Lord Lycidas mind morning nature never night noble o'er Odenathus once passed passion pleasure poems Poet Queen quoth rose round Scrooge seemed side sing Sir Bedivere smile song sorrow soul sound spirit stood sweet tears tell thee things thought Tiny Tim truth turn Twas uncle Toby unto verse voice walk wild WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER wind words young youth Zenobia
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Seite 406 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined and unknown.
Seite 184 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Seite 279 - And the round ocean and the living air And the blue sky, and in the mind of man — A motion and a spirit, that impels All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods And mountains, and of all that we behold From this green earth, of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create And what perceive...
Seite 280 - EARTH has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will:...
Seite 418 - Where are the songs of Spring ? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too, While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue ; Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies ; And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn ; Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft, And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
Seite 495 - Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend...
Seite 31 - Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate ; For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
Seite 206 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Seite 182 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure : Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Seite 402 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry : and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell. Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...