Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English Writers, and Arranged Chronologically |
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ... Thomas Budd Shaw,William Smith Volledige weergave - 1850 |
Choice Specimens of English Literature William Smith,Benjamin Nicholas Martin Volledige weergave - 1870 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 110 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes...
Pagina 8 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
Pagina 106 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pagina 89 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Pagina 116 - Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels trumpet-tongued against The deep damnation of his taking-off; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubim horsed Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Pagina 111 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English Writers, and Arranged Chronologically Student's specimens of English literature |
| Auteurs | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith |
| Redacteurs | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin |
| samengesteld door | Thomas Budd Shaw |
| Uitgever | Sheldon, 1869 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Harvard University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 29 okt 2007 |
| Lengte | 477 pagina's |
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