Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volumen1Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849 |
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... appear , That in this present life now here Nothing abideth in his fairness , Save women aye be found entere , 7 And devoid of all doubleness . The sea eke with his sterné wawes Each day yfloweth new again , And by the concourse of his ...
... appear , That in this present life now here Nothing abideth in his fairness , Save women aye be found entere , 7 And devoid of all doubleness . The sea eke with his sterné wawes Each day yfloweth new again , And by the concourse of his ...
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... appear , indeed , to have now arrived at a certain degree of ripeness , favourable for the pro- duction of able ... appears , like Chaucer , to have been a retainer of the Lancaster branch of the royal family , which subsequently ...
... appear , indeed , to have now arrived at a certain degree of ripeness , favourable for the pro- duction of able ... appears , like Chaucer , to have been a retainer of the Lancaster branch of the royal family , which subsequently ...
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... appear . And every thought did show So lively in mine eyes , That now I sighed , and then I smiled , As cause of thoughts did rise . I saw the little boy , In thought how oft that he Did wish of God , to scape the rod , A tall young man ...
... appear . And every thought did show So lively in mine eyes , That now I sighed , and then I smiled , As cause of thoughts did rise . I saw the little boy , In thought how oft that he Did wish of God , to scape the rod , A tall young man ...
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... appear the most important of all things to the worthy alderman , the succession of officers of all kinds serving in the city of London ; and amongst other events of the reign of Henry V. , the author does not omit to note that a new ...
... appear the most important of all things to the worthy alderman , the succession of officers of all kinds serving in the city of London ; and amongst other events of the reign of Henry V. , the author does not omit to note that a new ...
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... appear utterly burlesque . Among these are plays on John the Baptist's preach- ing ; on the childhood , temptation , passion , and resurrection of Christ ; on the Lord's Supper , and washing the disciples ' feet , & c . All these pieces ...
... appear utterly burlesque . Among these are plays on John the Baptist's preach- ing ; on the childhood , temptation , passion , and resurrection of Christ ; on the Lord's Supper , and washing the disciples ' feet , & c . All these pieces ...
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Página 185 - Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Página 132 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Página 329 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Página 107 - Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it : for I love you so. That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Página 395 - ... teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 331 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides...
Página 333 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 243 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Página 187 - To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Página 334 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...