The Oxford Book of English ProseClarendon Press, 1925 - 1092 páginas |
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... nature ne of non other thing that the wall is . And that wall streccheth fro the south to the north And it hath not but one entree that is closed with fyre brennynge , so that noman that is mortall ne dar not 5 knakkes ) tricks I gaudes ...
... nature ne of non other thing that the wall is . And that wall streccheth fro the south to the north And it hath not but one entree that is closed with fyre brennynge , so that noman that is mortall ne dar not 5 knakkes ) tricks I gaudes ...
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... nature and grete disworshyp who somever used this . Therfore lyke as May moneth floreth and floryssheth in many gardyns , soo in lyke wyse lete every man of worship florysshe his herte in this world , fyrst unto God , and next unto the ...
... nature and grete disworshyp who somever used this . Therfore lyke as May moneth floreth and floryssheth in many gardyns , soo in lyke wyse lete every man of worship florysshe his herte in this world , fyrst unto God , and next unto the ...
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... nature even halfe a gigglot and more . I woulde I coulde as easely mende my faulte as I wel knowe it , but scant can I restraine it as olde a foole as I am : howbeit so parcial wil I not be to my fault as to praise it . . . Cassianus ...
... nature even halfe a gigglot and more . I woulde I coulde as easely mende my faulte as I wel knowe it , but scant can I restraine it as olde a foole as I am : howbeit so parcial wil I not be to my fault as to praise it . . . Cassianus ...
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... nature , his plain will revealed in his word , and the minds of such as be most ancient amongst godly writers . And first , where that I affirm the empire of a woman to be a thing repugnant to nature , I mean not only that God by the ...
... nature , his plain will revealed in his word , and the minds of such as be most ancient amongst godly writers . And first , where that I affirm the empire of a woman to be a thing repugnant to nature , I mean not only that God by the ...
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... nature of it is so fine , and subtle , yet this experience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great snow that fell four years ago : I rode in the highway betwixt Topcliffe - upon - Swale , and Borowe Bridge , the way ...
... nature of it is so fine , and subtle , yet this experience of the wind had I once myself , and that was in the great snow that fell four years ago : I rode in the highway betwixt Topcliffe - upon - Swale , and Borowe Bridge , the way ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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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.