A history of English literature, in a series of biographical sketches |
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... language , in which men emerging from savagery used to chant the story of their deeds to their children , was couched in rough metre , in order that the ring of the lines might help the memory to retain the tale . Oldest of all British ...
... language , in which men emerging from savagery used to chant the story of their deeds to their children , was couched in rough metre , in order that the ring of the lines might help the memory to retain the tale . Oldest of all British ...
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... languages . Its chief and universal characteristic was a very regular alliteration , so arranged that in every couplet there should be two principal words in the first line beginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the ...
... languages . Its chief and universal characteristic was a very regular alliteration , so arranged that in every couplet there should be two principal words in the first line beginning with the same letter , which letter must also be the ...
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... language of Beowulf , and some are of noble simplicity , such as , " They lay aloft , put to sleep with gwords ; " but in all this long poem there are only five similes . This scarcity of similes is a characteristic of all Anglo - Saxon ...
... language of Beowulf , and some are of noble simplicity , such as , " They lay aloft , put to sleep with gwords ; " but in all this long poem there are only five similes . This scarcity of similes is a characteristic of all Anglo - Saxon ...
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... language of churchmen , by whom in those days nearly all learning was monopolized , we find a vast number of Latin works written during the centuries which immediately followed the Norman Conquest . At this time what is called the ...
... language of churchmen , by whom in those days nearly all learning was monopolized , we find a vast number of Latin works written during the centuries which immediately followed the Norman Conquest . At this time what is called the ...
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... language of oc was spoken in the south , and the language of oyl in the north of France . The Langue d'Oc , other- wise known as the Provençal which was sung by the famous Trouba- dours , blazed out a brief day of glory , was then ...
... language of oc was spoken in the south , and the language of oyl in the north of France . The Langue d'Oc , other- wise known as the Provençal which was sung by the famous Trouba- dours , blazed out a brief day of glory , was then ...
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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...