Outlines of English LiteratureLea, 1849 - 435 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 14
... probably come when the wild mountain fastnesses , which formed an insuperable barrier to the Roman sword and to the Saxon battle - axe , will have ceased to resist the silent spread of Teutonic commerce and Teutonic civilization . The ...
... probably come when the wild mountain fastnesses , which formed an insuperable barrier to the Roman sword and to the Saxon battle - axe , will have ceased to resist the silent spread of Teutonic commerce and Teutonic civilization . The ...
Σελίδα 26
... probably is , that the language of Laya- mon is to be considered either as late Saxon or as very early English , according as the philologist is inclined to attribute the change from one language into the other to a modification taking ...
... probably is , that the language of Laya- mon is to be considered either as late Saxon or as very early English , according as the philologist is inclined to attribute the change from one language into the other to a modification taking ...
Σελίδα 27
... probably composed about the year 1250 , and the language , when divested of its ancient and uncouth spell- ing , differs so little from the English of the present day as to have caused the error to which we have alluded . About 1280 was ...
... probably composed about the year 1250 , and the language , when divested of its ancient and uncouth spell- ing , differs so little from the English of the present day as to have caused the error to which we have alluded . About 1280 was ...
Σελίδα 36
... probably our poet continued , during the whole course of his event- ful life , to labour assiduously in the fields of letters . His earliest works were strongly tinctured with the manner , nay , even with the mannerism , of the age ...
... probably our poet continued , during the whole course of his event- ful life , to labour assiduously in the fields of letters . His earliest works were strongly tinctured with the manner , nay , even with the mannerism , of the age ...
Σελίδα 38
... ( probably against importunate creditors ) ; and in 1399 we find the poet's name inserted in the lease of a house holden from the Abbot and Chapter of Westminster , and occupying the spot upon which was after- wards erected Henry VII.'s ...
... ( probably against importunate creditors ) ; and in 1399 we find the poet's name inserted in the lease of a house holden from the Abbot and Chapter of Westminster , and occupying the spot upon which was after- wards erected Henry VII.'s ...
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Σελίδα 41 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine: I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Σελίδα 297 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Σελίδα 187 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Σελίδα 288 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Σελίδα 231 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Σελίδα 239 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Σελίδα 242 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Σελίδα 127 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
Σελίδα 151 - With antic pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced choir below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Σελίδα 116 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!