"Leaves from English Literature,"Broadway Publishing Company, 1913 - 112 pages |
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... ers , the Bible , and produced original works — chroni- cles , histories , biographies , miracle - plays . Among those learned monks , was Roger Bacon , who , besides his literary works , was the discoverer of gunpowder ; ii INTRODUCTION.
... ers , the Bible , and produced original works — chroni- cles , histories , biographies , miracle - plays . Among those learned monks , was Roger Bacon , who , besides his literary works , was the discoverer of gunpowder ; ii INTRODUCTION.
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... plays an important part . It is more than prob- able that the landscape , the mountains , plains , etc. , wield the chief influence under this head in the production of literature . The giant oak grows little by little each year . It be ...
... plays an important part . It is more than prob- able that the landscape , the mountains , plains , etc. , wield the chief influence under this head in the production of literature . The giant oak grows little by little each year . It be ...
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... play of " Hamlet , " where Polonius says , “ Hamlet , the queen would speak with you , and presently , " Hamlet answers , " Then I will come to my mother by - and - by . " We would now say it , " The queen would speak with you , and ...
... play of " Hamlet , " where Polonius says , “ Hamlet , the queen would speak with you , and presently , " Hamlet answers , " Then I will come to my mother by - and - by . " We would now say it , " The queen would speak with you , and ...
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... most remarkable of them all . Besides his literary productions the world is indebted to him for the discovery of gunpowder . MIRACLE - PLAYS . HILARIOUS , who flourished during the 46 LEAVES FROM ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... most remarkable of them all . Besides his literary productions the world is indebted to him for the discovery of gunpowder . MIRACLE - PLAYS . HILARIOUS , who flourished during the 46 LEAVES FROM ENGLISH LITERATURE .
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... played . Sometimes these miracle - plays represented some saint of the church . The mystery was any mysterious subject , as the Resurreetion , or rather a play representing this subject . After a time instead of Biblical characters , a ...
... played . Sometimes these miracle - plays represented some saint of the church . The mystery was any mysterious subject , as the Resurreetion , or rather a play representing this subject . After a time instead of Biblical characters , a ...
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Page 93 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! 10 And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Page 98 - For me, my heart that erst did go Most like a tired child at a show, That sees through tears the mummers leap, Would now its wearied vision close, Would childlike on His love repose Who giveth His beloved sleep. And friends, dear friends, when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And round my bier ye come to weep, Let one most loving of you all, Say, " Not a tear must o'er her fall ! He giveth His beloved sleep.
Page 93 - For tho from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
Page 87 - We may live without poetry, music, and art; We may live without conscience, and live without heart; We may live without friends; we may live without books; But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
Page 9 - There is, perhaps, no language so full of words evidently derived from the most distant sources as English. Every country of the globe seems to have brought some of its verbal manufactures to the intellectual market of England. Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Celtic, Saxon, Danish, French, Spanish, Italian, German — nay, even Hindustani, Malay, and Chinese words — lie mixed together in the English dictionary.
Page 20 - Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow ; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck, and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
Page 9 - English amounts to only 13,330, against 29,354 words which can either mediately or immediately be traced to a Latin source.* On the evidence of its dictionary, therefore, and treating English as a mixed language, it would have to be classified together with French, Italian, and Spanish, as one of the Romance or Neo-Latin dialects.
Page 20 - ... the mind, and of all other impressions can be most easily recalled and retained in view. They therefore serve to give a point of attachment to all the more volatile objects of thought and feeling. Impressions that when past might be dissipated for ever, are by their connexion with language always within reach.
Page 7 - But language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They advance from particular images to general terms. Hence the vocabulary of an enlightened society is philosophical, that of a half-civilized people is poetical.
Page 16 - David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took and went as Jesse had commanded him, and he came to the trench as the host was going forth to the fight and shouted for the battle. For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage and ran into the army and came and saluted his brethren.