A Manual of English Literature, Historical and Critical: With an Appendix on English MetresLongmans&Company, 1873 - 567 σελίδες |
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... thought . I. Poetry . Of Anglo - Saxon poetry there remains to us on the whole a considerable mass . By far the larger portion of it dates , both in original conception and in extant form , from a period subsequent to the introduction ...
... thought . I. Poetry . Of Anglo - Saxon poetry there remains to us on the whole a considerable mass . By far the larger portion of it dates , both in original conception and in extant form , from a period subsequent to the introduction ...
Σελίδα 4
... thought , which to us , and to all Teutonic races , possess the deepest historical interest . The last and least in- teresting class consists of metrical translations from the Psalms , and other parts of the Bible , the only value of ...
... thought , which to us , and to all Teutonic races , possess the deepest historical interest . The last and least in- teresting class consists of metrical translations from the Psalms , and other parts of the Bible , the only value of ...
Σελίδα 21
... thought , with much probability , to have been partly composed , partly transcribed from earlier annals , by or under the direction of Archbishop Plegmund . From this time the Chronicle seems to have been continued under succeeding ...
... thought , with much probability , to have been partly composed , partly transcribed from earlier annals , by or under the direction of Archbishop Plegmund . From this time the Chronicle seems to have been continued under succeeding ...
Σελίδα 27
... thought it high time to exchange a tongue which seemed crumbling and disintegrating under his hands , for one whose forms were fixed and its grammar rational . Little did the down - hearted monk anticipate the future glories , which ...
... thought it high time to exchange a tongue which seemed crumbling and disintegrating under his hands , for one whose forms were fixed and its grammar rational . Little did the down - hearted monk anticipate the future glories , which ...
Σελίδα 34
... thought to universal terms in language , that is to generalized expressions , arrived at by the ab- straction of differences . Historians and Chroniclers . The great intellectual movement which we have been describing expended its force ...
... thought to universal terms in language , that is to generalized expressions , arrived at by the ab- straction of differences . Historians and Chroniclers . The great intellectual movement which we have been describing expended its force ...
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Σελίδα 482 - I am the daughter of earth and water, And the nursling of the sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores ; I change, but I cannot die. For after the rain when, with never a stain, The pavilion of heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams, Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
Σελίδα 511 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Σελίδα 253 - A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Σελίδα 357 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Σελίδα 469 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting; The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may...
Σελίδα 476 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Σελίδα 211 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Σελίδα 387 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...
Σελίδα 454 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Σελίδα 444 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?