Lectures on the British Poets, Band 1J.B. Lippincott, 1860 |
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... writings — if it were in my power to give - would consume the time which will be at my command . In a course , therefore , of lectures limited in number as well as length , some method must be adopted in treating a subject which , of ...
... writings — if it were in my power to give - would consume the time which will be at my command . In a course , therefore , of lectures limited in number as well as length , some method must be adopted in treating a subject which , of ...
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... writing , but to the reading , of poetry . Where the rare inspiration does exist , it is a fire self - sustaining in ... writings men , but it ought to be in the hearts and lives of all . This cause just noticed is not adequate fully to ...
... writing , but to the reading , of poetry . Where the rare inspiration does exist , it is a fire self - sustaining in ... writings men , but it ought to be in the hearts and lives of all . This cause just noticed is not adequate fully to ...
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... writings could be made accessible in times when printing had not yet super- seded the toilsome and limited labours of the copyist . In the history of modern European literature the fore- most great name is that of Dante , and in ...
... writings could be made accessible in times when printing had not yet super- seded the toilsome and limited labours of the copyist . In the history of modern European literature the fore- most great name is that of Dante , and in ...
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... writing , as distinguished from the more ancient Anglo- Saxon , belong to the latter part of the thirteenth cen- tury , not long before the year 1300 ; but they show a rude and imperfect condition of language . The process of formation ...
... writing , as distinguished from the more ancient Anglo- Saxon , belong to the latter part of the thirteenth cen- tury , not long before the year 1300 ; but they show a rude and imperfect condition of language . The process of formation ...
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... writing , to give honour to the vulgar English , —to set the vernacular speech ( long lite- rally the dialect of slaves ) as high as the clerkly Latin and the royal , aristocratic French of the Norman nobility . The change was to be ...
... writing , to give honour to the vulgar English , —to set the vernacular speech ( long lite- rally the dialect of slaves ) as high as the clerkly Latin and the royal , aristocratic French of the Norman nobility . The change was to be ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admiration ancient beauty called Canterbury Tales century character Charles II Chaucer chief criticism dark deep divine drama Dryden early earth Edmund Spenser endowment England English language English poetry faculties Fairy Queen fame fancy feeling genius George Wither give glory hand happy heart honour human imagination influence inspiration intellectual John Milton king Kinmont Kinmont Willie language lectures light lines literary literature live look Macbeth majesty meditation mighty Milton mind moral Muse native nature never noble opinion Paradise Lost passage passed passion period philosophy poem poet poet's poetic Pope Pope's racter reign remark sacred satire seems sense sentiment Shak Shakspeare Shakspeare's Sir Patrick Spens Sir Philip Sydney sleep song sonnets soul Spenser spirit strain style sublime sweet sympathy taste thee things thou thought throne tion tragedy true truth utterance verse voice words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 260 - Going to the Wars TELL me not, Sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast, and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True; a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such, As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Seite 212 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Seite 312 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Seite 242 - Since there's no help, come, let us kiss and part! Nay, I have done. You get no more of me! And I am glad, yea, glad with all my heart, That thus so cleanly I myself can free. Shake hands for ever! Cancel all our vows! And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
Seite 194 - God save him ; No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home : But dust was thrown upon his sacred head ; Which, with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Seite 324 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief. Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Seite 261 - TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON When Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye. The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Seite 50 - God's almightiness, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his church ; to sing victorious agonies of .martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations, doing valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ; to deplore the general relapses of kingdoms and states from justice and God's true worship.
Seite 259 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Seite 79 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...