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411. oldal - Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result; and whose members have, for their proper outfit, a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another.
333. oldal - Then Sir Bedivere cried: Ah my lord Arthur, what shall become of me, now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? Comfort thyself...
369. oldal - He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul.
333. oldal - Comfort thyself, said the king, and do as well as thou mayest, for in me is no trust for to trust in. For I will into the vale of Avilion, to heal me of my grievous wound. And if thou hear never more of me, pray for my soul.
12. oldal - This litel laste book thou gye ! Nat that I wilne, for maistrye, Here art poetical be shewed ; But, for the rym is light and lewed, Yit make hit sumwhat agreable, Though som vers faile in a sillable ; And that I do no diligence To shewe craft, but o sentence. And...
392. oldal - Once I communed with a man which reasoned the English tongue to be enriched and increased thereby, saying, " Who will not praise that feast where a man shall drink at a dinner both wine, ale, and beer ? " " Truly (quoth I) they be all good, every one taken by himself alone, but if you put malmsey and sack, red wine and white, ale and beer, and all in one pot, you shall make a drink neither easy to be known, nor yet wholesome for the body.
207. oldal - THYS endris nyjth I saw a syjth, A stare as bryjt as day ; And ever among A mayden song Lullay, by by, lullay. This lovely lady sat and song, and to hyr chyld sayd, My sone, my broder, my fader der, why lyest thou thus in hayd. My swete byrd, Thus it ys betyde, Thow thou be kyng veray ; But nevertheles I wyl not ses To syng, by by, lullay. The chyld than spak in hys...
209. oldal - Fulfyllyd ys the profe[s]y for ay That Merlyn sayd and many on mo, Wysdam ys wel ny away, No man may knowe hys f [r]end fro foo.
365. oldal - D'eau n'estoit nouvelles. A chacune de ces tables avoit fait seoir cinq ou six hommes de bonne maison, fort gros et gras, pour mieux plaire à ceux qui avoient envie de boire; et y...
327. oldal - ... two diverse faculties and cunnings, and therefore be unmeddled, and each of them hath his proper to him bounds and marks, how far and no farther he shall stretch himself forth upon matters, truths, and conclusions, and not intercommune with any other craft or faculty in conclusions...