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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... soon after the time of Alfred , and continued till the reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable ...
... soon after the time of Alfred , and continued till the reign of Henry II . Altogether , considering the general state of Western Europe in the middle ages , the literature of our Anglo - Saxon forefathers may be regarded as a creditable ...
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... soon thereafter another there come also . For the Saracens in Paynim yarked folk enow , And that folk , tho it gare was , 9 to Antioch drew . Tho the Christians it underget , again they wend fast , So that they met them , and smit an ...
... soon thereafter another there come also . For the Saracens in Paynim yarked folk enow , And that folk , tho it gare was , 9 to Antioch drew . Tho the Christians it underget , again they wend fast , So that they met them , and smit an ...
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... soon . Her friends said , it were to done . They asked the king to give her Kent , In dowery to take of rent . He loved peace at his might ; Peaceable men he held to right . His lond Britain he yodel throughout , And ilk country beheld ...
... soon . Her friends said , it were to done . They asked the king to give her Kent , In dowery to take of rent . He loved peace at his might ; Peaceable men he held to right . His lond Britain he yodel throughout , And ilk country beheld ...
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... soon after 1270 , when a sudden change brought in the use of French . - Hallam's Introduction to the Lite- 18 Earthen pitcher . rature of Europe in the fifteenth , sixteenth , and seventeenth cen- 21 Humility , obedience . | turies , i ...
... soon after 1270 , when a sudden change brought in the use of French . - Hallam's Introduction to the Lite- 18 Earthen pitcher . rature of Europe in the fifteenth , sixteenth , and seventeenth cen- 21 Humility , obedience . | turies , i ...
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... soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two . Then s Say . What thing he was most disposed to crave . Tho was that other glad enough : That one wept , and that other lough ...
... soon spoke , That his one ee anon was loke : And his fellow forthwith also Was blind on both his eyes two . Then s Say . What thing he was most disposed to crave . Tho was that other glad enough : That one wept , and that other lough ...
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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...