Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Band 1Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849 |
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... better than his lord pourchace : Ful riche he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen , subtilly To yeve and lene ? him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere ...
... better than his lord pourchace : Ful riche he was ystored privily . His lord wel coude he plesen , subtilly To yeve and lene ? him of his owen good , And have a thank , and yet a cote and hood . In youth he lerned hadde a good mistere ...
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... better say , But in the sea she driveth forth her way . [ The Pardoner's Tale . ] In Flanders whilom was a company Of younge folk that haunteden follý , As hazard , riot , stewés , and taverns , Whereas with harpés , lutés , and ...
... better say , But in the sea she driveth forth her way . [ The Pardoner's Tale . ] In Flanders whilom was a company Of younge folk that haunteden follý , As hazard , riot , stewés , and taverns , Whereas with harpés , lutés , and ...
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... better protectión , But shroud them under doubleness . So well fortunéd is their chance , The dice to - turnen up so down , With sice and cinque they can advance , And then by revolution They set a fell conclusión Of lombés , 3 as in ...
... better protectión , But shroud them under doubleness . So well fortunéd is their chance , The dice to - turnen up so down , With sice and cinque they can advance , And then by revolution They set a fell conclusión Of lombés , 3 as in ...
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... better it is to die than for to have such poverty ; and , as the same Solomon saith , Better it is to die of bitter death , than for to liven in such wise . By these reasons that I have said unto you , and by many other reasons that I ...
... better it is to die than for to have such poverty ; and , as the same Solomon saith , Better it is to die of bitter death , than for to liven in such wise . By these reasons that I have said unto you , and by many other reasons that I ...
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... better to have a little good , with love of God , than to have muckle good and lese the love of his Lord God ; and the prophet saith , that better it is to ben a good man and have little good and treasure , than to be holden a shrew and ...
... better to have a little good , with love of God , than to have muckle good and lese the love of his Lord God ; and the prophet saith , that better it is to ben a good man and have little good and treasure , than to be holden a shrew and ...
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afterwards beauty Ben Jonson body breast breath Cædmon Cæsar called church court death delight divine doth Dr Johnson Dryden Earl earth England English eyes Faery Queen fair fancy fear fire flowers gentle give grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven Henry Henry VIII holy honour Hudibras Izaak Walton Jeremy Taylor John Lesley Jonson king labour lady language learning leave light live look Lord Macbeth marriage mind muse nature never night noble nymph passion play pleasure poem poet poetical poetry poor praise prince published Queen racter reign rich Scotland Shakspeare sing sleep song soul speak Spenser spirit St Serf style sweet taste tell thee thine things thou thought tion tongue truth unto verse virtue wind wine wise words write youth
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Seite 185 - Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Seite 132 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Seite 329 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Seite 107 - Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it : for I love you so. That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Seite 395 - ... teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Seite 331 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides...
Seite 333 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 243 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Seite 187 - To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Seite 334 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...