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... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
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... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
... the scenery and the society , amid which an author played out his fleeting part , have left indelible hues upon the pages that he wrote . Instead of trying to compress the History of our iv PREFACE . Books into the framework formed by the.
Pagina 31
... play upon the adornment of these dim legends , mixes fact with fiction in a confusion that cannot be disentangled . Gerald Barry ( Giraldus Cambrensis ) , Henry of Huntingdon , Roger of Hoveden , and Benedict , Abbot of Peterborough ...
... play upon the adornment of these dim legends , mixes fact with fiction in a confusion that cannot be disentangled . Gerald Barry ( Giraldus Cambrensis ) , Henry of Huntingdon , Roger of Hoveden , and Benedict , Abbot of Peterborough ...
Pagina 37
... played on a viele , supposed to have been like a guitar , in the top of which one hand turned a handle , while the ... playing a musical accompaniment and gesturing with imitative motions , it came to apply afterwards chiefly to the ...
... played on a viele , supposed to have been like a guitar , in the top of which one hand turned a handle , while the ... playing a musical accompaniment and gesturing with imitative motions , it came to apply afterwards chiefly to the ...
Pagina 55
... playing on the flute Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf before his fader at the table ...
... playing on the flute Juste and eke dance , and wel pourtraie and write . So hote he loved , that by nightertale He slep no more than doth the nightingale . Curteis he was , lowly , and servisable , And carf before his fader at the table ...
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A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches William Francis Collier Volledige weergave - 1892 |
A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches William Francis Collier Volledige weergave - 1866 |
A History of English Literature, in a Series of Biographical Sketches William Francis Collier Volledige weergave - 1871 |
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
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Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...