A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical SketchesT. Nelson and Sons, 1862 - 538 páginas |
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... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his ... poem ; the former being used for the ordinary narrative , and the latter adopted when the CAEDMON , THE MONK OF ...
... poetic legends of his country ; and when , grown more skilful , he learned to string into rude verses the story of his ... poem ; the former being used for the ordinary narrative , and the latter adopted when the CAEDMON , THE MONK OF ...
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... poems that bave come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines , thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a ...
... poems that bave come down to us are the Romance of Beowulf , and Caedmon's Paraphrase . Beowulf is a nameless poem of more than 6000 lines , thought to be much older than the manuscript of it which we possess . Its hero , BEOWULF , is a ...
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... poems , which still survive , are the Battle of Finsborough ; the Traveller's Song , which contains a good many geographical names ; and the fragment of Judith . In the Saxon Chronicle of 938 we find a poem called Athelstan's Song of ...
... poems , which still survive , are the Battle of Finsborough ; the Traveller's Song , which contains a good many geographical names ; and the fragment of Judith . In the Saxon Chronicle of 938 we find a poem called Athelstan's Song of ...
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... poets of English birth soon took up this foreign strain , and wrote lays in Norman - French . The deeds of Alexander ... poem , that is , the introduction of supernatural beings as actors in the drama , becomes wild and fanciful ...
... poets of English birth soon took up this foreign strain , and wrote lays in Norman - French . The deeds of Alexander ... poem , that is , the introduction of supernatural beings as actors in the drama , becomes wild and fanciful ...
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... poets is Master Wace , as he calls himself , who was born probably at Jersey about 1112. He was educated at Caen ... poem is the minute account of the battle of Has- tings . Wace , who became Canon of Bayeux on the recommendation of ...
... poets is Master Wace , as he calls himself , who was born probably at Jersey about 1112. He was educated at Caen ... poem is the minute account of the battle of Has- tings . Wace , who became Canon of Bayeux on the recommendation of ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...