History of English Literature ...D. Appleton & Company, 1867 - 413 ページ |
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... sentiments . I have frequently invited the student to reflect , how closely the world of letters is related , in all its regions , to that world of reality and action in the midst of which it comes into being : how Literature is , in ...
... sentiments . I have frequently invited the student to reflect , how closely the world of letters is related , in all its regions , to that world of reality and action in the midst of which it comes into being : how Literature is , in ...
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... sentiments of their countrymen . The vernacular poetry , with very little exception , was not framed either by genealogical bards , or by wandering minstrels ; it was not designed either to cherish national pride , or to excite the ...
... sentiments of their countrymen . The vernacular poetry , with very little exception , was not framed either by genealogical bards , or by wandering minstrels ; it was not designed either to cherish national pride , or to excite the ...
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... sentiments found vent belong to the seventh , ninth , and tenth centuries . A very large proportion of them are reli- gious ; and all are more or less reflective . Even the many which are professedly translations treat their originals ...
... sentiments found vent belong to the seventh , ninth , and tenth centuries . A very large proportion of them are reli- gious ; and all are more or less reflective . Even the many which are professedly translations treat their originals ...
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... sentiment , and of eager desire for the improvement of society . Thus , besides the labours on the Scriptures which he performed or encouraged , he translated selections from the Soliloquies of Saint Augustine of Hippo , the Treatise of ...
... sentiment , and of eager desire for the improvement of society . Thus , besides the labours on the Scriptures which he performed or encouraged , he translated selections from the Soliloquies of Saint Augustine of Hippo , the Treatise of ...
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... sentiment was very keen . Three of the crusades had previously taken place ; and the other four fell within the thirteenth century . They not only diffused knowledge , but kindled a flame of zeal : and the foundation and prosperity of ...
... sentiment was very keen . Three of the crusades had previously taken place ; and the other four fell within the thirteenth century . They not only diffused knowledge , but kindled a flame of zeal : and the foundation and prosperity of ...
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354 ページ - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
356 ページ - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
340 ページ - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
324 ページ - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
82 ページ - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek ; Or call up him that left half -told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
285 ページ - Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions, and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes...
241 ページ - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
245 ページ - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion...
354 ページ - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
217 ページ - Now, if nature should intermit her course, and leave altogether, though it were but for a while, the observation of her own laws; if those principal and mother elements of the world, whereof all things in this lower world are made, should lose the qualities which now they have ; if the frame of that heavenly arch erected over our heads should loosen and dissolve itself ; if celestial spheres should forget their wonted motions, and by irregular...