Outlines of English LiteratureLea, 1849 - 435 頁 |
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第 1 到 5 筆結果,共 90 筆
第 15 頁
... pictures or reflections of things ; and the genius , character , and capabilities of a nation can in no way be so well studied as in its language . From the earliest periods of our history the Celtic race has existed over the whole or a ...
... pictures or reflections of things ; and the genius , character , and capabilities of a nation can in no way be so well studied as in its language . From the earliest periods of our history the Celtic race has existed over the whole or a ...
第 42 頁
... picture , delineating almost every variety of human character , crowded with figures , whose lineaments no lapse of time , no change of manners , can render faint or indistinct , and which will retain , to the latest centuries , every ...
... picture , delineating almost every variety of human character , crowded with figures , whose lineaments no lapse of time , no change of manners , can render faint or indistinct , and which will retain , to the latest centuries , every ...
第 47 頁
... pictures in Chaucer's gallery is the " Reve , " bailiff , or intendant of some great propri- etor's estates . He stands before us as a slender , long - legged , choleric individual , with his beard shaven as close as possible , and his ...
... pictures in Chaucer's gallery is the " Reve , " bailiff , or intendant of some great propri- etor's estates . He stands before us as a slender , long - legged , choleric individual , with his beard shaven as close as possible , and his ...
第 58 頁
... picture of the shock be- tween two knights we see distinctly every motion of the horse and horseman . But sweet is his loitering hour in the sunshine of luxuriant gardens , or as we lose ourselves in the green solitudes of the forests ...
... picture of the shock be- tween two knights we see distinctly every motion of the horse and horseman . But sweet is his loitering hour in the sunshine of luxuriant gardens , or as we lose ourselves in the green solitudes of the forests ...
第 62 頁
... pictures which fill the pages of the poem . 6 It was here that the poet was visited by Raleigh , then a young man ... picture to ourselves the Ariosto of England and the colonizer of Virginia seated together on the banks of Mulla ...
... pictures which fill the pages of the poem . 6 It was here that the poet was visited by Raleigh , then a young man ... picture to ourselves the Ariosto of England and the colonizer of Virginia seated together on the banks of Mulla ...
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第 41 頁 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine: I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
第 297 頁 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
第 187 頁 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
第 288 頁 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berccau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
第 231 頁 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
第 239 頁 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
第 242 頁 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
第 127 頁 - Invest me in my motley ; give me leave To speak my mind, and I will through and through Cleanse the foul body of the infected world, If they will patiently receive my medicine.
第 151 頁 - With antic pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced choir below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
第 116 頁 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!