English Lands, Letters and Kings ...C. Scribner's Sons, 1889 |
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4. oldal
... things already familiar ; nay , it may well happen that many readers young and old - fresh from their books - - shall know more of matters touched on in our rapid survey than I know myself : never mind that ; but remember , - - and let ...
... things already familiar ; nay , it may well happen that many readers young and old - fresh from their books - - shall know more of matters touched on in our rapid survey than I know myself : never mind that ; but remember , - - and let ...
8. oldal
... things Celtic , I would com- mend to your attention a few lectures read at Ox- ford in 1864-65 by Matthew Arnold in which he has brought a curious zeal , and his wonted acumen Wreathed in many a golden link : From the golden cup they ...
... things Celtic , I would com- mend to your attention a few lectures read at Ox- ford in 1864-65 by Matthew Arnold in which he has brought a curious zeal , and his wonted acumen Wreathed in many a golden link : From the golden cup they ...
20. oldal
... things was drawing nigh , and strong men quaked with dread at sight of an eclipse , or comet , or at sound of the rumble of an earthquake , It was a time and a condition of gloom which made people pardon , and even relish such 20 LANDS ...
... things was drawing nigh , and strong men quaked with dread at sight of an eclipse , or comet , or at sound of the rumble of an earthquake , It was a time and a condition of gloom which made people pardon , and even relish such 20 LANDS ...
28. oldal
... things is not to be forgotten the good peace that he made in this land ; so that a man who had any confidence in himself might go over his realm , with his bosom full of gold , unhurt . Nor durst any man slay another man had he done ...
... things is not to be forgotten the good peace that he made in this land ; so that a man who had any confidence in himself might go over his realm , with his bosom full of gold , unhurt . Nor durst any man slay another man had he done ...
36. oldal
... things ; then a thousand years ago , the Great Alfred , at once a book - maker and a King . Before him and after him came a dreary welter of Danish wars ; the great Canute - tradition says chirping a song in the middle of them ; and ...
... things ; then a thousand years ago , the Great Alfred , at once a book - maker and a King . Before him and after him came a dreary welter of Danish wars ; the great Canute - tradition says chirping a song in the middle of them ; and ...
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261. oldal - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which buildings and palaces are but gross...
302. oldal - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an. open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
68. oldal - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
302. oldal - I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.
249. oldal - Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me? THE SONGS OF BIRDS What bird so sings, yet so does wail? O 'tis...
270. oldal - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle...
228. oldal - And blesseth her with his two happy hands, How the red roses flush up in her cheeks, And the pure snow with goodly vermeil stain, Like crimson dyed in grain, That even th...
192. oldal - I cannot eat but little meat, My stomach is not good ; But sure I think, that I can drink With him that wears a hood...
159. oldal - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
175. oldal - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.