The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD. Appleton & Company, 1854 - 414 páginas |
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... greater than any of these was the Northumbrian Beda , whose name receives by immemorial custom an epithet expressing well - merited rev- b . 672.erence . The Venerable Bede , entering in boyhood the d . 735. monastery of Wearmouth , in ...
... greater than any of these was the Northumbrian Beda , whose name receives by immemorial custom an epithet expressing well - merited rev- b . 672.erence . The Venerable Bede , entering in boyhood the d . 735. monastery of Wearmouth , in ...
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... greater part of the Middle Ages . The individual Historians , all of them ecclesiastics , were very numerous . Among those who have claims to notice for skill in writing , William of Malmesbury , one of the earliest , ( but virtually ...
... greater part of the Middle Ages . The individual Historians , all of them ecclesiastics , were very numerous . Among those who have claims to notice for skill in writing , William of Malmesbury , one of the earliest , ( but virtually ...
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... greater was attained , and a wider influence exerted on literature , by another series of fictions , not united by any one story , and known by a title for which , various as its mat- ter is , hardly any part of it furnishes a reason ...
... greater was attained , and a wider influence exerted on literature , by another series of fictions , not united by any one story , and known by a title for which , various as its mat- ter is , hardly any part of it furnishes a reason ...
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... greater free- dom . The latter of these names , however , introduces us , with seem- ing abruptness , to the most celebrated name in our literature . The longest piece in the " Gesta " is the romance of " Apollonius , " a very popular ...
... greater free- dom . The latter of these names , however , introduces us , with seem- ing abruptness , to the most celebrated name in our literature . The longest piece in the " Gesta " is the romance of " Apollonius , " a very popular ...
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... greater part of its poetry was narrative ; and most of the tales may be referred to the one or the other of two classes . There were the poems called Fabliaux , usually short stories , which had a familiar and comic tone , even when ...
... greater part of its poetry was narrative ; and most of the tales may be referred to the one or the other of two classes . There were the poems called Fabliaux , usually short stories , which had a familiar and comic tone , even when ...
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Página 344 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Página 70 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous Ring and Glass, And of the wondrous Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar King did ride; And if aught else great Bards beside, In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of Tourneys and of Trophies hung; Of Forests, and enchantments drear, Wh'ere more is meant than meets the ear.
Página 270 - In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.
Página 269 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Página 330 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Página 230 - ... nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Página 235 - I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Página 346 - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Página 344 - ... bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 208 - ... faintness begin to stand and to rest himself; if the moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp, the clouds yield no rain, the earth be defeated of heavenly influence, the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve ? See we not plainly...