English Literature: Considered as an Interpreter of English HistoryClaxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1873 - 476 páginas |
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... tion , but , like the Iliad and Odyssey , still teach the theog- ony , national policy , and social history of a people , after the Bema has long been silent , the temples in ruin , and the groves prostrate under the axe of repeated ...
... tion , but , like the Iliad and Odyssey , still teach the theog- ony , national policy , and social history of a people , after the Bema has long been silent , the temples in ruin , and the groves prostrate under the axe of repeated ...
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... tion of an old play , upon which Shakspeare's tragedy of Lear is based . It should here be noticed that Saxon literature was greatly influenced by the conversion of the realm at the close of the sixth century from the pagan religion of ...
... tion of an old play , upon which Shakspeare's tragedy of Lear is based . It should here be noticed that Saxon literature was greatly influenced by the conversion of the realm at the close of the sixth century from the pagan religion of ...
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... tion which mark the age ; and we reason justly and conclu- sively from the denial of the most palpable and absurd , to 1 Kemble ( " Saxon in England " ) suggests the resemblance between the fictitious landing of Hengist and Horsa " in ...
... tion which mark the age ; and we reason justly and conclu- sively from the denial of the most palpable and absurd , to 1 Kemble ( " Saxon in England " ) suggests the resemblance between the fictitious landing of Hengist and Horsa " in ...
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... tion of Great Britain , fortified by the winds and waves , which enabled her to assimilate and mould anew whatever came into her borders , to the discomfiture of further continental en- croachments ; constituting her , in the words of ...
... tion of Great Britain , fortified by the winds and waves , which enabled her to assimilate and mould anew whatever came into her borders , to the discomfiture of further continental en- croachments ; constituting her , in the words of ...
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... tion into British soil . But before doing so , it becomes neces- sary to mention certain Latin chronicles which furnished food for these Anglo - Norman poets and legendists . WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY . - William of Malmesbury , the first ...
... tion into British soil . But before doing so , it becomes neces- sary to mention certain Latin chronicles which furnished food for these Anglo - Norman poets and legendists . WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY . - William of Malmesbury , the first ...
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Página 152 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Página 179 - O run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet; Have thou the honour first thy Lord to greet And join thy voice unto the angel quire, From out his secret altar touched with hallowed fire.
Página 321 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and perhaps the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 326 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 409 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Página 189 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Página 417 - The language, too, of these men has been adopted (purified indeed from what appear to be its real defects, from all lasting and rational causes of dislike or disgust) because such men hourly communicate with the best objects from which the best part of language is originally derived...
Página 327 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; 3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 186 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Página 193 - CYRIACK, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.