Shaw's New History of English LiteratureSheldon & Company, 1879 - 404 páginas |
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... social culture , given to coarse dissipation , and determined to treat the victors with unyielding hatred . That hatred was reciprocated . For two centuries the Norman swayed the tyrant's sceptre , the Saxon yielded unwilling homage ...
... social culture , given to coarse dissipation , and determined to treat the victors with unyielding hatred . That hatred was reciprocated . For two centuries the Norman swayed the tyrant's sceptre , the Saxon yielded unwilling homage ...
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... social condition of the immigrants . These immigrants were the royal family , the nobility , the churchmen and the army . There was no mass of common people whose station would compel them to mingle with the despised Saxons . The royal ...
... social condition of the immigrants . These immigrants were the royal family , the nobility , the churchmen and the army . There was no mass of common people whose station would compel them to mingle with the despised Saxons . The royal ...
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... social confusion which attended the first centuries of the Norman occupation . The lan- guage remained Germanic in its grammatical character , but it received such large accessions of French words as to change its sound when spoken ...
... social confusion which attended the first centuries of the Norman occupation . The lan- guage remained Germanic in its grammatical character , but it received such large accessions of French words as to change its sound when spoken ...
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... social condition of the people . We shall give them but a passing glance . If we except a few fragments of verse — the Hymn of St. Godric , the Ely Song of King Canute , The Here Prophecy , none of them ex- ceeding eight lines in length ...
... social condition of the people . We shall give them but a passing glance . If we except a few fragments of verse — the Hymn of St. Godric , the Ely Song of King Canute , The Here Prophecy , none of them ex- ceeding eight lines in length ...
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... social , and spiritual , at work beneath the smooth surface , destined within a few years to produce momentous results . The national life and thought of England are now passing through a quicken ing process ; a brilliant page in her ...
... social , and spiritual , at work beneath the smooth surface , destined within a few years to produce momentous results . The national life and thought of England are now passing through a quicken ing process ; a brilliant page in her ...
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Página 56 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Página 272 - 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 dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of madeira and a glass before him. I put the...
Página 142 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 142 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Página 223 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth ; Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Página 151 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the
Página 224 - He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Página 223 - What though in solemn silence all Move round this dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice, nor sound, Amidst their radiant orbs be found. In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; Forever singing as they shine, THE HAND THAT MADE US IS DIVINE.
Página 183 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them.
Página 281 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, and glowed (I say literally glowed] when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men in my time.