English LiteratureAllyn and Bacon, 1918 - 431 pages |
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... things , " said the voice . Immediately he began a poem in praise of God , which he subsequently enlarged greatly , telling the story of Genesis , Exodus , and Daniel . This poem , com- monly referred to as Cædmon's Paraphrase , is ...
... things , " said the voice . Immediately he began a poem in praise of God , which he subsequently enlarged greatly , telling the story of Genesis , Exodus , and Daniel . This poem , com- monly referred to as Cædmon's Paraphrase , is ...
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... things considered , than any of these translations is the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , begun under the inspiration of Al- fred's illustrious court at Winchester , if not under the direct supervision of the King . This work , based on ...
... things considered , than any of these translations is the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle , begun under the inspiration of Al- fred's illustrious court at Winchester , if not under the direct supervision of the King . This work , based on ...
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... from 1455 to 1485 : these events occupied the people with other things than literature . War does , it is true , often bring out 33 CHAPTER III From the Death of Chaucer to the Accession Elizabeth 33-45 The Fifteenth Century.
... from 1455 to 1485 : these events occupied the people with other things than literature . War does , it is true , often bring out 33 CHAPTER III From the Death of Chaucer to the Accession Elizabeth 33-45 The Fifteenth Century.
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... things of life : " To all men of finer perceptions and sensibilities he is all things . " If there be truth in this judgment , it is worth one's while to gain some knowledge of his work . Education . Edmund Spenser , like his great ...
... things of life : " To all men of finer perceptions and sensibilities he is all things . " If there be truth in this judgment , it is worth one's while to gain some knowledge of his work . Education . Edmund Spenser , like his great ...
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... thing ; " yet when his own prospects seemed to be at stake , he , as attorney for the crown , prosecuted his best , once most influential , friend . Concerning judges he writes : " Above all things , integrity is their portion and ...
... thing ; " yet when his own prospects seemed to be at stake , he , as attorney for the crown , prosecuted his best , once most influential , friend . Concerning judges he writes : " Above all things , integrity is their portion and ...
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Page 113 - Desiring this man's art and that man's scope. With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising. Haply I think on thee...
Page 271 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
Page 238 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 272 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air...
Page 291 - Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve ; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Page 446 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And
Page 361 - Requiem Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie. Glad did I live and gladly die, And I laid me down with a will. This be the verse you grave for me: Here he lies where he longed to be; Home is the sailor, home from sea, And the hunter home from the hill.
Page 449 - twas all one ! My favor at her breast, The dropping of the daylight in the West, The bough of cherries some officious fool Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule She rode with round the terrace — all and each Would draw from her alike the approving speech, 30 Or blush, at least.
Page 278 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Page 323 - ... whose mind is stored with a knowledge of the great and fundamental truths of Nature and of the laws of her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.