The Oxford Book of English ProseClarendon Press, 1925 - 1092 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 31
... brought to hyr , than she sayd to al the ladyes , Thorowe this man & me hath al this warre be wrought , & the deth of the moost noblest knyghtes of the world . For thorugh our love that we have loved togyder is my moost noble lord slayn ...
... brought to hyr , than she sayd to al the ladyes , Thorowe this man & me hath al this warre be wrought , & the deth of the moost noblest knyghtes of the world . For thorugh our love that we have loved togyder is my moost noble lord slayn ...
Página 44
... brought this realme in rest and peace , than I promysed in my mynd to haue gone , and warred on Christes enemies , ad- uersaries to our holy christen faith . To this purpose myn hart hath euer entended , but our Lorde wolde nat consent ...
... brought this realme in rest and peace , than I promysed in my mynd to haue gone , and warred on Christes enemies , ad- uersaries to our holy christen faith . To this purpose myn hart hath euer entended , but our Lorde wolde nat consent ...
Página 51
... brought to you the kayes of the towne and of the castell , and we submyt ourselues clerely into your wyll and pleasure , to saue the resydue of the people of Calays , who haue suffred great payne . Sir , we beseche your grace to haue ...
... brought to you the kayes of the towne and of the castell , and we submyt ourselues clerely into your wyll and pleasure , to saue the resydue of the people of Calays , who haue suffred great payne . Sir , we beseche your grace to haue ...
Página 52
... brought into her chambre , and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed , and gaue them their dyner at their leser . And than she gaue ech of them sixe nobles , and made them to be brought out of ...
... brought into her chambre , and made the halters to be taken fro their neckes and caused them to be newe clothed , and gaue them their dyner at their leser . And than she gaue ech of them sixe nobles , and made them to be brought out of ...
Página 61
... brought vnto the kyng in rayment of nedle work : the virgins that be her felowes , shal beare her companye , and shalbe brought vnto thee . With ioy and glad- nesse shall they be brought , and shal enter into the kynges palace . In ...
... brought vnto the kyng in rayment of nedle work : the virgins that be her felowes , shal beare her companye , and shalbe brought vnto thee . With ioy and glad- nesse shall they be brought , and shal enter into the kynges palace . In ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch Sin vista previa disponible - 2013 |
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250 - 1900 - Arthur Quiller-Couch Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
Términos y frases comunes
A. C. Benson Aesop agen ancient beautiful better boat called Captain Church Crito dead dear death delight earth enemy England English eyes F. H. Bradley face fair Falstaff father feel flowers FRANCIS VERE Froissart's Chronicles garden gentleman give ground hand hath haue head hear heard heart heaven honour hour Jocelin John King knew knyght kyng labour Lady learned light live look Lord Lothair Makbeth master mind moche morning nature never night noble passed Pembroke College Plato pleasure praye Prince Redgauntlet sayd sche seemed ship side sight silence soul spirit stood sweet talk tell thanne thee therfore things thou thought tion told took town trees turned uncle Toby unto vnto voice walked whan whole wind woman word wyll young
Pasajes populares
Página 952 - I have been at to arrive where I am. My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my Pilgrimage, and my Courage and Skill to him that can get it.
Página 413 - 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,
Página 286 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul, All the images of Nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily: when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Página 164 - His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 322 - It happened one day about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's naked foot on the shore, which was very plain to be seen in the sand...
Página 467 - Little did I dream, when she added titles of veneration to those of enthusiastic, distant, respectful love, that she should ever be obliged to carry the sharp antidote against disgrace concealed in that bosom; little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult.
Página 163 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature...
Página 224 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and f heat.
Página 212 - O make me try, By sleeping, what it is to die ; And as gently lay my head On my grave, as now my bed.
Página 357 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life : consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about a hundred.