Introduction to English Literature, Including a Number of Classic Works. With NotesLeach, Shewell & Sanborn, 1894 - 627 頁 |
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... forces of nature , and deified them in a colossal mythology . Traces of their religion are seen in the names of the days of the week . Their sense of obliga- tion and duty was strong ; and having once pledged fidel- ity to a leader or ...
... forces of nature , and deified them in a colossal mythology . Traces of their religion are seen in the names of the days of the week . Their sense of obliga- tion and duty was strong ; and having once pledged fidel- ity to a leader or ...
第 15 頁
... force of patient and invinci- ble endurance . While he watched with capacious intellect over the interests of his entire realm , he led with great simplicity a genial and affectionate life with his family and friends . After ages have ...
... force of patient and invinci- ble endurance . While he watched with capacious intellect over the interests of his entire realm , he led with great simplicity a genial and affectionate life with his family and friends . After ages have ...
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... enforce his claim to the English throne . In the battle of Hastings he gained a complete victory over the force under Harold , and won the title of Con- queror . He distributed England in the form of fiefs 20 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... enforce his claim to the English throne . In the battle of Hastings he gained a complete victory over the force under Harold , and won the title of Con- queror . He distributed England in the form of fiefs 20 ENGLISH LITERATURE .
第 75 頁
... forces that had been accumulating for a hundred years . It is sometimes called the Elizabethan era , because the successful reign of that queen supplied the opportunity for a splendid manifestation of literary genius . Peace ...
... forces that had been accumulating for a hundred years . It is sometimes called the Elizabethan era , because the successful reign of that queen supplied the opportunity for a splendid manifestation of literary genius . Peace ...
第 76 頁
... forces that called the father of English poetry into being seemed to sub- side ; and not a single writer in either prose or poetry attained to the first or even the second rank . English lit- erature , as a whole , did not reach ...
... forces that called the father of English poetry into being seemed to sub- side ; and not a single writer in either prose or poetry attained to the first or even the second rank . English lit- erature , as a whole , did not reach ...
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第 528 頁 - not man the less, but nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be or have been before, To mingle with the universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal." At Geneva he wrote the touching story of Bonnivard, " The Prisoner of Chillon.
第 430 頁 - A Man's a Man for a' That" : — " Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by; We dare be puir for a' that. For a' that, and a" that, Our toils obscure and a' that, The rank is but the guinea-stamp — The man's the gowd
第 549 頁 - A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a spirit still, and bright With something of angelic light.
第 160 頁 - and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books; else distilled books are, like common distilled waters, flashy 9 things. Reading maketh a full man, conference
第 316 頁 - For close designs, and crooked counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfix'd in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace: A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy-body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay; A daring pilot in extremity; Pleased with the danger, when the
第 287 頁 - There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. 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 ; 3°
第 396 頁 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something, whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind. 300 As shades more sweetly recommend the light, So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit.
第 443 頁 - rever'd abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God : " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, 170 Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd
第 233 頁 - consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea ; Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.
第 527 頁 - changed! —and such a change ! O night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue,