A Student's History of English LiteratureHoughton, Mifflin, 1902 - 483 páginas |
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... morally sound , and in many ways superior to the more cultured peoples of southern Europe . As we have seen , the Jutes populated the eastern county of Kent ; they also established settle- The Home- ments here and there on the southern ...
... morally sound , and in many ways superior to the more cultured peoples of southern Europe . As we have seen , the Jutes populated the eastern county of Kent ; they also established settle- The Home- ments here and there on the southern ...
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... Moral Ode , a rhyming poem , found in a collection of homilies which date from 1160.2 The Ode is itself a homily in which ture . the year 1 The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville is to be had , edited by Henry Morley , in ...
... Moral Ode , a rhyming poem , found in a collection of homilies which date from 1160.2 The Ode is itself a homily in which ture . the year 1 The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville is to be had , edited by Henry Morley , in ...
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... Moral Ode , Orm's poem pleads for the religious life , and in plain , blunt English terms applies the lessons of the daily service of the Church . It was a work of prodigious length , for the 10,000 lines which have come down to us ...
... Moral Ode , Orm's poem pleads for the religious life , and in plain , blunt English terms applies the lessons of the daily service of the Church . It was a work of prodigious length , for the 10,000 lines which have come down to us ...
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... moral Gower . " This writer was apparently a native of Kent ; he was a man of wealth , and while a secular poet like Chaucer , he must have been a serious student of the times and impressed with the grave conditions then existing in ...
... moral Gower . " This writer was apparently a native of Kent ; he was a man of wealth , and while a secular poet like Chaucer , he must have been a serious student of the times and impressed with the grave conditions then existing in ...
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... morally as well as physically , and because of the importance of arch- ery at that period , for purposes of national defence . Pleased with the essay , Henry bestowed upon its au- thor a pension of ten pounds . In 1563 , during a ...
... morally as well as physically , and because of the importance of arch- ery at that period , for purposes of national defence . Pleased with the essay , Henry bestowed upon its au- thor a pension of ten pounds . In 1563 , during a ...
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Página 313 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Página 204 - Her finger was so small, the ring, Would not stay on, which they did bring, It was too wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O she dances such a way!
Página 287 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Página 121 - Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts ; Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance ; Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i...
Página 452 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 120 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Página 197 - Alas ! what boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair...
Página 145 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Página 456 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Página 205 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.