A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 oldal |
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... began the attack . Either Hnaef or Hengest was disturbed by the noise ; for the " young and warlike king " mentioned in the manuscript found by Dr. Hickes is clearly one of them . Springing from his couch , he gives the alarm to his ...
... began the attack . Either Hnaef or Hengest was disturbed by the noise ; for the " young and warlike king " mentioned in the manuscript found by Dr. Hickes is clearly one of them . Springing from his couch , he gives the alarm to his ...
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... began . There was a fourth dialect , spoken in Kent , which was very similar to the Wessex dialect , but had yet a character of its own . It is possible that Kent was peopled by a Frisian tribe , and that Kent was afterwards so thickly ...
... began . There was a fourth dialect , spoken in Kent , which was very similar to the Wessex dialect , but had yet a character of its own . It is possible that Kent was peopled by a Frisian tribe , and that Kent was afterwards so thickly ...
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... began very gracious to me , with her kindly aid helped me Until , as my nature waxed became strange My protectress fed me soon was I able Her own children because she so did . " on this day for dead ; was not yet gone out of me . to ...
... began very gracious to me , with her kindly aid helped me Until , as my nature waxed became strange My protectress fed me soon was I able Her own children because she so did . " on this day for dead ; was not yet gone out of me . to ...
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... began during the reign of Alfred . This meant that the West Saxon dialect became the standard language , in which is written the bulk of the literature that has come down to us from the days before the Conquest . We must not , however ...
... began during the reign of Alfred . This meant that the West Saxon dialect became the standard language , in which is written the bulk of the literature that has come down to us from the days before the Conquest . We must not , however ...
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E. J. Mathew. with his accession the Norman influence upon the language began . It was not , however , until the close of Old English times that Scandinavian words appeared in the language , and that the alteration brought about by the ...
E. J. Mathew. with his accession the Norman influence upon the language began . It was not , however , until the close of Old English times that Scandinavian words appeared in the language , and that the alteration brought about by the ...
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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.