An Introduction to the Study of English Literature;: Comprising Representative Masterpieces in Poetry and Prose, Marking the Successive Stages of Its Growth, and a Methodical Exposition of the Governing Principles and General Forms, Both of the Language and Literature; with Copious Notes on the Selections - Glossary, and Chronology, Designed for Systematic StudyScribner, Armstrong, and Company, 1877 - 539 頁 |
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... verse was not in use among the Anglo- Saxons . In place of rhyme , they had a system of verse of which the characteristic was a very regular alliteration , so arranged that , in every couplet , there should be two principal words in the ...
... verse was not in use among the Anglo- Saxons . In place of rhyme , they had a system of verse of which the characteristic was a very regular alliteration , so arranged that , in every couplet , there should be two principal words in the ...
第 26 頁
... verse of " Piers Ploughman ; " and the measure appears to be the same , if we make allowance for the change of the slow and impressive pronunciation of the Anglo- Saxon for the quicker pronunciation of Middle English , which therefore ...
... verse of " Piers Ploughman ; " and the measure appears to be the same , if we make allowance for the change of the slow and impressive pronunciation of the Anglo- Saxon for the quicker pronunciation of Middle English , which therefore ...
第 51 頁
... verse in French by Guillaume de Lorris about 1250. His other leading poems are Troilus and Cressida , the House of ... verses introduces the characters , with descriptions of each ; and the several tales were to be connected throughout ...
... verse in French by Guillaume de Lorris about 1250. His other leading poems are Troilus and Cressida , the House of ... verses introduces the characters , with descriptions of each ; and the several tales were to be connected throughout ...
第 84 頁
... verse.— Liveth , in the next verse is pronounced as one syllable . This contraction is not infrequent . - Delit , delight ; Old Fr. delit , from Lat . delectare . -Yore , formerly , long time ; A.-S. geara.- Drad , feared ; A.-S. draed ...
... verse.— Liveth , in the next verse is pronounced as one syllable . This contraction is not infrequent . - Delit , delight ; Old Fr. delit , from Lat . delectare . -Yore , formerly , long time ; A.-S. geara.- Drad , feared ; A.-S. draed ...
第 85 頁
... verses in respect to the vowels , to make them accord in written form as well as in sound . - - - 8. Certes , Fr. from Lat . cert us . — Us , dat . plu . — Liketh , 3 plu . having you and werke as subjects . -Ne - not , double negative ...
... verses in respect to the vowels , to make them accord in written form as well as in sound . - - - 8. Certes , Fr. from Lat . cert us . — Us , dat . plu . — Liketh , 3 plu . having you and werke as subjects . -Ne - not , double negative ...
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第 297 頁 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
第 304 頁 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
第 381 頁 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
第 195 頁 - You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
第 184 頁 - He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
第 315 頁 - She said ; then raging to Sir Plume repairs, And bids her Beau demand the precious Hairs : (Sir Plume, of Amber Snuff-box justly vain, And the nice Conduct of a clouded Cane...
第 399 頁 - As unto the bow the cord is, So unto the man is woman ; Though she bends him, she obeys him, Though she draws him, yet she follows ; Useless each without the other...
第 305 頁 - But chiefly Love — to Love an altar built, Of twelve vast French romances neatly gilt, There lay three garters, half a pair of gloves. And all the trophies of his former loves.
第 308 頁 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
第 384 頁 - Showed the broad, white road in heaven, Pathway of the ghosts, the shadows, Running straight across the heavens, Crowded with the ghosts, the shadows. At the door on summer evenings Sat the little Hiawatha; Heard the whispering of the pine-trees. Heard the lapping of the water, Sounds of music, words of wonder; "Minne-wawa!