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... sent on an embassy into Italy , and spent some time at Genoa and Florence ; and it is very probable that at this time he became acquainted with Petrarch , the great Italian poet . Chaucer seems to have performed his mission to the ...
... sent on an embassy into Italy , and spent some time at Genoa and Florence ; and it is very probable that at this time he became acquainted with Petrarch , the great Italian poet . Chaucer seems to have performed his mission to the ...
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... sent to the Tower , he was elected a representative in Parliament for the county of Kent . It appears , however , that towards the close of 1386 , Chaucer did lose his office in the customs . This was probably owing to the fact that ...
... sent to the Tower , he was elected a representative in Parliament for the county of Kent . It appears , however , that towards the close of 1386 , Chaucer did lose his office in the customs . This was probably owing to the fact that ...
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... sent to Oxford , where he was a most diligent student . At the end of two years he returned to London , and was called to the bar . His industry and abilities soon placed him in the front rank of his profession ; and at three and twenty ...
... sent to Oxford , where he was a most diligent student . At the end of two years he returned to London , and was called to the bar . His industry and abilities soon placed him in the front rank of his profession ; and at three and twenty ...
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... sent , at his patron's ex- pense , to St. John's College , Cambridge , where he dis- tinguished himself by the attention which he paid to the study of Greek , and by his adherence to the principles of the Reformation . The Greek ...
... sent , at his patron's ex- pense , to St. John's College , Cambridge , where he dis- tinguished himself by the attention which he paid to the study of Greek , and by his adherence to the principles of the Reformation . The Greek ...
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... sent to him by my lord of Essex , and said he was sorry he had no time to spend them . " At his own desire he was buried in Westminster Abbey , by the side of Chaucer . A monument was erected over his remains thirty years afterwards ...
... sent to him by my lord of Essex , and said he was sorry he had no time to spend them . " At his own desire he was buried in Westminster Abbey , by the side of Chaucer . A monument was erected over his remains thirty years afterwards ...
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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.