English Prose: From the sixteenth century to the restorationSir Henry Craik Macmillan, 1913 |
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... side by side with this many influences were at work . As the century advanced men took sides in the pitched battles of religion and politics ; and the literary instinct was often overpowered by the controversial . The works of the time ...
... side by side with this many influences were at work . As the century advanced men took sides in the pitched battles of religion and politics ; and the literary instinct was often overpowered by the controversial . The works of the time ...
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... side , they are more cruel and hard - hearted ( good to make severe inquisitors ) , because their tenderness is not so oft called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving hus- bands ; as was ...
... side , they are more cruel and hard - hearted ( good to make severe inquisitors ) , because their tenderness is not so oft called upon . Grave natures , led by custom , and therefore constant , are commonly loving hus- bands ; as was ...
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... sides ; a side for the banquet , as is spoken of in the book of Hester , and a side for the household ; the one for feasts and triumphs , and the other for dwelling . I understand both these sides to be not only returns , but parts of ...
... sides ; a side for the banquet , as is spoken of in the book of Hester , and a side for the household ; the one for feasts and triumphs , and the other for dwelling . I understand both these sides to be not only returns , but parts of ...
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... side , chambers of presence and ordinary entertainments , with some bed - chambers ; and let all three sides be a double house , without thorough lights on the sides , that you may have rooms from the sun , both for forenoon and ...
... side , chambers of presence and ordinary entertainments , with some bed - chambers ; and let all three sides be a double house , without thorough lights on the sides , that you may have rooms from the sun , both for forenoon and ...
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... sides only . But let them be but few , Beyond this court , let there be an inward court , of the same square and ... side , by way of return , let there be two delicate or rich cabinets , daintily paved , richly hanged , glazed with ...
... sides only . But let them be but few , Beyond this court , let there be an inward court , of the same square and ... side , by way of return , let there be two delicate or rich cabinets , daintily paved , richly hanged , glazed with ...
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English Prose, Vol. 1: Selections; With Critical Introductions by Various ... Henry Craik Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
English Prose: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various ..., Volumen1 Henry Sir Craik Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 470 - I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 536 - I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Página 429 - I have eaten his bread, and served him near thirty years, and will not do so base a thing as to forsake him, and choose rather to lose my life (which I am sure I shall do) to preserve and defend those things, which are against my conscience to preserve and defend. For I will deal freely with you, I have no reverence for the Bishops for whom this quarrel subsists.
Página 344 - Doubt not, therefore, sir, but that angling is an art, and an art worth your learning. The question is rather, whether you be capable of learning it ? for angling is somewhat like poetry, — men are to be born so: I mean, with inclinations to it, though both may be heightened by discourse and practice; but he that hopes to be a good angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself;...
Página 538 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Página 215 - Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of war, where every man is enemy to every man, the same is consequent to the time wherein men live without other security than what their own strength and their own invention shall furnish them withall.
Página 328 - Now, since these dead bones have already outlasted the living ones of Methuselah, and, in a yard under ground, and thin walls of clay, outworn all the strong and specious buildings above it, and quietly rested under the drums and tramplings of three conquests...
Página 346 - ... which broke their waves, and turned them into foam : and sometimes I beguiled time by viewing the harmless lambs, some leaping securely in the cool shade, whilst others sported themselves in the cheerful sun ; and saw others craving comfort from the swollen udders of their bleating dams.
Página 400 - I am persuaded his power and interest, at that time, was greater to do good or hurt than any man's in the kingdom, or than any man of his rank hath had in any time ; for his reputation of honesty was universal, and his affections seemed so publicly guided, that no corrupt or private ends could bias them.
Página 482 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.