A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 oldal |
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9. oldal
... beautiful relic that we possess of Old English times . A most curious piece of verse in the Northumbrian dialect , said to have been chanted by Bede when he was dying , has been fortunately preserved . " Before his compulsory journey ...
... beautiful relic that we possess of Old English times . A most curious piece of verse in the Northumbrian dialect , said to have been chanted by Bede when he was dying , has been fortunately preserved . " Before his compulsory journey ...
10. oldal
... beautiful excellent is that island ; brave , rich in power There , before the blessed , revealing wonderful sounds , That is a winsome land , spacious under the heavens . nor the breath of frost , nor the fall of hail , nor the heat of ...
... beautiful excellent is that island ; brave , rich in power There , before the blessed , revealing wonderful sounds , That is a winsome land , spacious under the heavens . nor the breath of frost , nor the fall of hail , nor the heat of ...
55. oldal
... beautiful . Bawdrik , a belt or girdle , worn across the chest . Three people thus represented active service . Eleven were present as members of the Church . The chief among these was à lady — a Prioress — who had as her suite her ...
... beautiful . Bawdrik , a belt or girdle , worn across the chest . Three people thus represented active service . Eleven were present as members of the Church . The chief among these was à lady — a Prioress — who had as her suite her ...
59. oldal
... beautiful handkerchiefs that she wore ; her hose were of brilliant scarlet , and her shoes were always soft and new . The use she made of her wealth was not so much to stay at home and lead a domestic life as to travel widely in foreign ...
... beautiful handkerchiefs that she wore ; her hose were of brilliant scarlet , and her shoes were always soft and new . The use she made of her wealth was not so much to stay at home and lead a domestic life as to travel widely in foreign ...
63. oldal
... Beautiful Lady , and the loveliness of her face and the grace of her person so impressed him that he started back from the window crying out with a distressful exclamation . Arcite was terrified at this sudden change in Palamon , and ...
... Beautiful Lady , and the loveliness of her face and the grace of her person so impressed him that he started back from the window crying out with a distressful exclamation . Arcite was terrified at this sudden change in Palamon , and ...
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424. oldal - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice I And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry,
301. oldal - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
356. oldal - Winter, yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes, — So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name.
218. oldal - Go, lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied. That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, — How...
421. oldal - Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. — Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
404. oldal - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
257. oldal - In the first rank of these did Zimri stand ;* A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long...
199. oldal - Shake hands for ever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
233. oldal - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
187. oldal - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.