A history of English literature, in a series of biographical sketches |
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13. oldal
... four smaller heads , with closed eyes and an ominous , bloody mark upon lip and chin , denoting the capture and beheading of four hostile chiefs . The four sacked and plundered cities are depicted by roofs falling from ruined walls ...
... four smaller heads , with closed eyes and an ominous , bloody mark upon lip and chin , denoting the capture and beheading of four hostile chiefs . The four sacked and plundered cities are depicted by roofs falling from ruined walls ...
13. oldal
... four smaller heads , with closed eyes and an ominous , bloody mark upon lip and chin , denoting the capture and beheading of four hostile chiefs . The four sacked and plundered cities are depicted by roofs falling from ruined walls ...
... four smaller heads , with closed eyes and an ominous , bloody mark upon lip and chin , denoting the capture and beheading of four hostile chiefs . The four sacked and plundered cities are depicted by roofs falling from ruined walls ...
14. oldal
... Four or five upright columns of hieroglyphic symbols tell the story of the ambassadors ; and , crossing two of these from the right , there comes a red arm to announce the introduction to the royal presence . To attempt a description of ...
... Four or five upright columns of hieroglyphic symbols tell the story of the ambassadors ; and , crossing two of these from the right , there comes a red arm to announce the introduction to the royal presence . To attempt a description of ...
16. oldal
... Four Masters of Ulster . The very scanty remains of the Scottish Gaelic are of much later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian— Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as ...
... Four Masters of Ulster . The very scanty remains of the Scottish Gaelic are of much later date than the earliest Irish ballads . The poems of Ossian— Fingal and Temora - which were published in 1762 and 1763 by James Macpherson , as ...
30. oldal
... 664 to 1091 , is said to have been written by Ingulphus , who was abbot there for thirty - four years ( 1075-1109 ) . But it is doubtful whether or not this was really the THE LEADING CHRONICLERS . 31 work of Ingulphus ; and.
... 664 to 1091 , is said to have been written by Ingulphus , who was abbot there for thirty - four years ( 1075-1109 ) . But it is doubtful whether or not this was really the THE LEADING CHRONICLERS . 31 work of Ingulphus ; and.
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312. oldal - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here.
385. oldal - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
311. oldal - His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are not a spoil for him, — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering in thy playful spray And howling to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth : — there let him lay.
374. oldal - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, ' And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create *, And what perceive...
377. oldal - I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.
121. oldal - Fairies' coach-makers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love : On courtiers' knees, that dream on court'sies straight : O'er lawyers' fingers, who straight dream on fees : O'er ladies...
169. oldal - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
284. oldal - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed, though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My lord, Your lordship's most humble, Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
169. oldal - No sooner had the Almighty ceased but — all The multitude of Angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy — Heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions.
169. oldal - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...