The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Том 1J. B. Alden, 1883 |
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... learned have known how to make men whole or sick . And there was one specific which , from a double point of view , Chaucer's Doctor of Physic esteemed very highly , and was loth to part with on frivolous pretexts . He was but easy ( i ...
... learned have known how to make men whole or sick . And there was one specific which , from a double point of view , Chaucer's Doctor of Physic esteemed very highly , and was loth to part with on frivolous pretexts . He was but easy ( i ...
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... learned as well as a ministering and preaching Order ; and it was precisely from among them that , at Oxford and else- where , sprang a succession of learned monks , whose names are in- separably connected with some of the earliest ...
... learned as well as a ministering and preaching Order ; and it was precisely from among them that , at Oxford and else- where , sprang a succession of learned monks , whose names are in- separably connected with some of the earliest ...
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... learned modesty of manner and sententious brevity of speech may commend him to our sympathy and taste , is a man wholly out of the world in which he lives , though a dependent on its charity even for the means with which to purchase ...
... learned modesty of manner and sententious brevity of speech may commend him to our sympathy and taste , is a man wholly out of the world in which he lives , though a dependent on its charity even for the means with which to purchase ...
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... learned and brilliant Boccaccio - both his epic poems and that inexhaustible treasure - house of stories which Pe- trarch praised for its pious and grave contents , albeit they were mingled with others of undeniable jocoseness - the ...
... learned and brilliant Boccaccio - both his epic poems and that inexhaustible treasure - house of stories which Pe- trarch praised for its pious and grave contents , albeit they were mingled with others of undeniable jocoseness - the ...
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... learned and the good ; since to her was probably due , in the first instance , the intellectual intercourse be tween her native and her adopted country . There seems every reason to believe that it was the approach of this marriage ...
... learned and the good ; since to her was probably due , in the first instance , the intellectual intercourse be tween her native and her adopted country . There seems every reason to believe that it was the approach of this marriage ...
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Стр. 86 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Стр. 81 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Стр. 36 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Стр. 116 - 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.
Стр. 66 - Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Стр. 120 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human Ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of "Boatswain," a Dog Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Стр. 18 - OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best: There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But, day and night, my fancy's flight Is ever wi
Стр. 62 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Стр. 33 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Стр. 8 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...