A first sketch of English literature. With suppl. to the end of queen Victoria's reign1912 |
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... CHAUCER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . I. EDWARD III . , aged fifteen , came to his throne in the year 1327. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the year 1328. Some think that the date of his birth should be placed about eleven years later , for a ...
... CHAUCER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES . I. EDWARD III . , aged fifteen , came to his throne in the year 1327. Geoffrey Chaucer was born in the year 1328. Some think that the date of his birth should be placed about eleven years later , for a ...
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... Chaucer's age was twenty - one , Bradwardine was again elected . This time the office was accepted , and Bradwardine came to Eng- land , where , forty days after his consecration , and before he was enthroned , he died of the Great ...
... Chaucer's age was twenty - one , Bradwardine was again elected . This time the office was accepted , and Bradwardine came to Eng- land , where , forty days after his consecration , and before he was enthroned , he died of the Great ...
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... Chaucer's birth . Higden's Polychronicon , in seven books , was so called , he says , because it gave the chronicle of many times . Its first book described the countries of the known world , especially Britain ; its second book gave ...
... Chaucer's birth . Higden's Polychronicon , in seven books , was so called , he says , because it gave the chronicle of many times . Its first book described the countries of the known world , especially Britain ; its second book gave ...
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... Chaucer's jolly Absalom , of whom we are told that " Sometimes to shew his lightness and maistrie He playeth Herod on a scaffold high , " was a parish clerk . The strongest impulse to a regular participation of the laity in the ...
... Chaucer's jolly Absalom , of whom we are told that " Sometimes to shew his lightness and maistrie He playeth Herod on a scaffold high , " was a parish clerk . The strongest impulse to a regular participation of the laity in the ...
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... Chaucer's lifetime , but long afterwards . In Chaucer's time , even the Cornishmen had such plays written for them in the old Cymric of Cornwall ; and miracle - plays were still acted at Chester as late as the year 1577 ; at Coventry as ...
... Chaucer's lifetime , but long afterwards . In Chaucer's time , even the Cornishmen had such plays written for them in the old Cymric of Cornwall ; and miracle - plays were still acted at Chester as late as the year 1577 ; at Coventry as ...
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Página 484 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Página 497 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página 314 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 818 - His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Página 437 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Página 780 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 518 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 498 - Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Paccuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.
Página 354 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Página 414 - At cards for kisses — 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,...