A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1862 - Всего страниц: 538 |
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... Eng- land .................. VIII . Our English Bible ...... ............ . 135 IX . William Shakspere .... ............................................. 140 II . Roger Ascham ........ III . George Buchanan .........
... Eng- land .................. VIII . Our English Bible ...... ............ . 135 IX . William Shakspere .... ............................................. 140 II . Roger Ascham ........ III . George Buchanan .........
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... Bible to test his new - found skill . Within a few hours he composed , on the given subject , a poem of surpass- ing sweetness and power . Thenceforward this monk of Whitby spent his life in the composition of religious poetry . The ...
... Bible to test his new - found skill . Within a few hours he composed , on the given subject , a poem of surpass- ing sweetness and power . Thenceforward this monk of Whitby spent his life in the composition of religious poetry . The ...
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... Bible . Character of his prose . Illustrative extract . On a rocky point , overhanging the Tees in Yorkshire , a manor- house stood , in which once lived the Wycliffes of Wycliffe . * There , probably in 1324 , a boy was born , who has ...
... Bible . Character of his prose . Illustrative extract . On a rocky point , overhanging the Tees in Yorkshire , a manor- house stood , in which once lived the Wycliffes of Wycliffe . * There , probably in 1324 , a boy was born , who has ...
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... Bible that was fast growing beneath his patient pen . In the afternoon he girt his long dark robe about him , took his white staff , and went out among his flock . And on Sundays , clad in a gorgeous vestment , adorned with golden ...
... Bible that was fast growing beneath his patient pen . In the afternoon he girt his long dark robe about him , took his white staff , and went out among his flock . And on Sundays , clad in a gorgeous vestment , adorned with golden ...
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... Bible . There were already existing a few English fragments , such as many of the Psalms , certain portions of Mark and Luke , and some of the Epistles . But to the mass of the people the Bible was a sealed book , locked up in a dead ...
... Bible . There were already existing a few English fragments , such as many of the Psalms , certain portions of Mark and Luke , and some of the Epistles . But to the mass of the people the Bible was a sealed book , locked up in a dead ...
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Стр. 312 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here.
Стр. 385 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Стр. 311 - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay.
Стр. 374 - 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...
Стр. 377 - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
Стр. 121 - Fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love : On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight : O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies...
Стр. 169 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Стр. 284 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My lord, Your lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
Стр. 169 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased but — all The multitude of Angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy — Heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions.
Стр. 169 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...