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... character of the English in which Chaucer's works are written , and the difficulties connected with the old spelling , cause these poems to be less generally read than those of more modern poets ; but these difficulties may be overcome ...
... character of the English in which Chaucer's works are written , and the difficulties connected with the old spelling , cause these poems to be less generally read than those of more modern poets ; but these difficulties may be overcome ...
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... character , undertook the conduct of the plot . On the night of the 20th of Feb. 1437 , the conspirators proceeded towards the royal bedchamber where James was conversing with the queen and her ladies before retiring to rest . The noise ...
... character , undertook the conduct of the plot . On the night of the 20th of Feb. 1437 , the conspirators proceeded towards the royal bedchamber where James was conversing with the queen and her ladies before retiring to rest . The noise ...
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... character have been attributed to him , Christ's Kirk on the Green , and Peblis to the Play ; but the evidence of their authorship is doubtful . SIR THOMAS MORE . - 1480-1534 . WE have stated that Chaucer was the first great English ...
... character have been attributed to him , Christ's Kirk on the Green , and Peblis to the Play ; but the evidence of their authorship is doubtful . SIR THOMAS MORE . - 1480-1534 . WE have stated that Chaucer was the first great English ...
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... character and absence of display distinguished him in every relation of life . When he attended service at the parish church in Chelsea , it was his custom to put on a surplice and sit in the choir . The Duke of Norfolk on one occasion ...
... character and absence of display distinguished him in every relation of life . When he attended service at the parish church in Chelsea , it was his custom to put on a surplice and sit in the choir . The Duke of Norfolk on one occasion ...
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... character and attainments , that he sent him to Oxford and contributed to his support . At the university he studied with ardour and success ; in 1577 , he became a fellow of his college , and two years later was appointed Hebrew ...
... character and attainments , that he sent him to Oxford and contributed to his support . At the university he studied with ardour and success ; in 1577 , he became a fellow of his college , and two years later was appointed Hebrew ...
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Página 36 - And, father cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven: If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Página 37 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief.
Página 129 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 205 - Wordsworth on the other hand, |was to propose to himself as his object, to give the charm of novelty to things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us; an inexhaustible treasure, but for which, in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes, yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor...
Página 113 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was...
Página 209 - Several years ago, when the Author retired to his native Mountains, with the hope of being enabled to construct a literary Work that might live, it was a reasonable thing that he should take a review of his own Mind, and examine how far Nature and Education had qualified him for such employment. As subsidiary to this preparation, he undertook to record, in Verse, the origin and progress of his own powers, as far as he was acquainted with them.
Página 127 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Página 35 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Página 205 - ... modifying colours of the imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape, appeared to represent the practicability of combining both.
Página 154 - I will be wise, And just, and free, and mild, if in me lies Such power, for I grow weary to behold The selfish and the strong still tyrannize Without reproach or check.