A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 oldal |
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4. oldal
... gave the alarm , and Hrothgar's thane , or governor of the district , went down at once to meet the ship ; " with might he shook the strong spear in his hand . " He demanded from the strangers whence they had come , and what was their ...
... gave the alarm , and Hrothgar's thane , or governor of the district , went down at once to meet the ship ; " with might he shook the strong spear in his hand . " He demanded from the strangers whence they had come , and what was their ...
24. oldal
... gave it a supremacy over the others . It contained fewer Scandinavian or Danish words than the Northern , but more than the Southern . It was not blurred by Danish forms as the Northern dialect was ; at the same time , the Northerners ...
... gave it a supremacy over the others . It contained fewer Scandinavian or Danish words than the Northern , but more than the Southern . It was not blurred by Danish forms as the Northern dialect was ; at the same time , the Northerners ...
26. oldal
... gave it to the king , and he drank it up ; the law of Wes - hail came into this land , Was hail , Be hale . thy coming makes me glad . ' but knew not what she said . asked his knights quickly the maiden had spoken . a knight most ...
... gave it to the king , and he drank it up ; the law of Wes - hail came into this land , Was hail , Be hale . thy coming makes me glad . ' but knew not what she said . asked his knights quickly the maiden had spoken . a knight most ...
29. oldal
... gave ear thitherward , And held her eyes downward , And sat swollen and puffed - up , As if she had swallowed a frog ; For she well knew and was aware That the nightingale sang in scorn . Nevertheless gave she answer , ' Why don't you ...
... gave ear thitherward , And held her eyes downward , And sat swollen and puffed - up , As if she had swallowed a frog ; For she well knew and was aware That the nightingale sang in scorn . Nevertheless gave she answer , ' Why don't you ...
31. oldal
... gave them hardly any food , and no fire or warmth at all . When , after some time , he found they would not die , he determined on other courses . He brutally cut the throats of the two girls , but was afraid to kill the boy . He then ...
... gave them hardly any food , and no fire or warmth at all . When , after some time , he found they would not die , he determined on other courses . He brutally cut the throats of the two girls , but was afraid to kill the boy . He then ...
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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.