A History of English LiteratureMacmillan, 1901 - 534 páginas |
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... shouted , he came diving through , and swam to land , and laid triumphantly at their feet his trophies of the sword - hilt and of Grendel's head . The poem , in many verses , relates the successes THE OLD ENGLISH TIMES . 5.
... shouted , he came diving through , and swam to land , and laid triumphantly at their feet his trophies of the sword - hilt and of Grendel's head . The poem , in many verses , relates the successes THE OLD ENGLISH TIMES . 5.
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E. J. Mathew. The poem , in many verses , relates the successes of Beowulf when he returned to his native land , and tells of how he grew wealthy and powerful , and of how he became a king , and ruled for fifty years . 2 ... successes ...
E. J. Mathew. The poem , in many verses , relates the successes of Beowulf when he returned to his native land , and tells of how he grew wealthy and powerful , and of how he became a king , and ruled for fifty years . 2 ... successes ...
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... success- ful , was entirely shattered by the ruin of Northumbria and the invasions of the Danes . In 787 the first Danish , or rather Norwegian , ships arrived , and England was harried until Alfred's treaty with Guthrum in 879. The ...
... success- ful , was entirely shattered by the ruin of Northumbria and the invasions of the Danes . In 787 the first Danish , or rather Norwegian , ships arrived , and England was harried until Alfred's treaty with Guthrum in 879. The ...
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... success- fully . Havelok was given a good meal , which he wanted sadly , and was hidden until Grim was ready to start . Grim got his boat ready , loaded it as quickly as he could with provisions ; sold all his property , " all his corn ...
... success- fully . Havelok was given a good meal , which he wanted sadly , and was hidden until Grim was ready to start . Grim got his boat ready , loaded it as quickly as he could with provisions ; sold all his property , " all his corn ...
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... success possibly helped him to realise that his true capacity lay in the study of men and women as he knew them in the actual world . The Hous of Fame was followed by the Legende of Good Women , which was originally intended to consist ...
... success possibly helped him to realise that his true capacity lay in the study of men and women as he knew them in the actual world . The Hous of Fame was followed by the Legende of Good Women , which was originally intended to consist ...
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
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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.