A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 páginas |
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... regarded as his best . To four of them , Juliana , the Christ , the Fates of the Apostles , and the Elene , he signed his name ; the Dream of the Rood , supposed to be the last of his productions , is not so well authenticated . It is ...
... regarded as his best . To four of them , Juliana , the Christ , the Fates of the Apostles , and the Elene , he signed his name ; the Dream of the Rood , supposed to be the last of his productions , is not so well authenticated . It is ...
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... regarded themselves as one of the most ancient of races , Geoffrey , in default of anything better , asserted that they were descendants of Brut , the great - grandson of Æneas . Though the lineage that Geoffrey allotted to the Celts ...
... regarded themselves as one of the most ancient of races , Geoffrey , in default of anything better , asserted that they were descendants of Brut , the great - grandson of Æneas . Though the lineage that Geoffrey allotted to the Celts ...
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... regarded as being no better than Mercian or Northumbrian . In the opinion of the conquering race the dialects were merely the mark of a vulgar people , and they were consequently overshadowed by Norman- French , the language of both ...
... regarded as being no better than Mercian or Northumbrian . In the opinion of the conquering race the dialects were merely the mark of a vulgar people , and they were consequently overshadowed by Norman- French , the language of both ...
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... regarded , the date might be 1290. If the French words are reckoned as well , it must be looked upon as a product of 1340. The likeliest explanation is that the original work was done in Northumberland about the middle of the thirteenth ...
... regarded , the date might be 1290. If the French words are reckoned as well , it must be looked upon as a product of 1340. The likeliest explanation is that the original work was done in Northumberland about the middle of the thirteenth ...
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... regarded as genuinely English . The Lay of Havelok and King Horn both have a certain quantity of French in them , but their tone and spirit is English throughout . In Robert of Gloucester's History we are well on to the time when French ...
... regarded as genuinely English . The Lay of Havelok and King Horn both have a certain quantity of French in them , but their tone and spirit is English throughout . In Robert of Gloucester's History we are well on to the time when French ...
Términos y frases comunes
Addison admiration appeared beautiful became began Ben Jonson Beowulf better blank verse born brought called century character Charlotte Brontë charming Chaucer Church Coleridge comedy court Cowper death declared delight dialect died drama Dryden Duke England English literature English poetry essay famous father feeling French gave Goldsmith heart Heaven heroic couplet honour Hudibras human humour influence Jane Austen Johnson king Lady later Latin lines literary lived London Lord manner Milton mind nature never night Old English Othello Paradise Lost play poem poet poetic poetry Pope prose published Queen regarded reign rhyme romance satire seems Shakspere Shakspere's sing song Spenser spirit stanzas story style sweet Swift tale Tamburlaine thee things thou thought took touch tragedy volume Whig wife Wife of Bath William words Wordsworth writing written wrote young
Pasajes populares
Página 424 - 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,
Página 301 - 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...
Página 356 - 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.
Página 218 - 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...
Página 421 - 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.
Página 404 - 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;
Página 257 - 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...
Página 199 - 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.
Página 233 - 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...
Página 187 - 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.