Cyclopædia of English literature, Band 1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... spirit : it was the age of chivalry and of the crusades , when men saw such deeds of heroism and self - devotion daily per- formed before their eyes , that nothing which could be imagined of the past was too extravagant to ap- pear ...
... spirit : it was the age of chivalry and of the crusades , when men saw such deeds of heroism and self - devotion daily per- formed before their eyes , that nothing which could be imagined of the past was too extravagant to ap- pear ...
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... spirit with regard to idioms , is a valuable relic of the age , both in a literary and theological view . Wickliffe was several times cited for heresy , * Wickliffe's translation of the New Testament has been twice printed , by Mr Lewis ...
... spirit with regard to idioms , is a valuable relic of the age , both in a literary and theological view . Wickliffe was several times cited for heresy , * Wickliffe's translation of the New Testament has been twice printed , by Mr Lewis ...
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... spirit , that his life was not , as far as we can judge , a happy one . He ap- pears to have repined greatly at the servile court- life which he was condemned to lead , and to have longed anxiously for some independent source of in ...
... spirit , that his life was not , as far as we can judge , a happy one . He ap- pears to have repined greatly at the servile court- life which he was condemned to lead , and to have longed anxiously for some independent source of in ...
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... spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal objects of Lyndsay's vitupera- tions were the clergy , whose habits at this period ( just before the Reformation ) were such as to afford ...
... spirit of refinement which graced the contemporary literature of Eng- land . The principal objects of Lyndsay's vitupera- tions were the clergy , whose habits at this period ( just before the Reformation ) were such as to afford ...
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... spirit of pro- phecy . For on a time , he , with other men of Peruse , was taken prisoner , and were put in a cruel prison , where all the other wailed and sorrowed , and he only was glad and enjoyed . And when they had repreved1 him ...
... spirit of pro- phecy . For on a time , he , with other men of Peruse , was taken prisoner , and were put in a cruel prison , where all the other wailed and sorrowed , and he only was glad and enjoyed . And when they had repreved1 him ...
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Seite 108 - books are to be read only in parts ; others to be read, but not curiously ;
Seite 308 - replied, and touch'd my trembling ears; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in
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Seite 169 - there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that, with his tiger's heart wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and being an absolute Johannes Fac-totum, is, in his own conceit, the only
Seite 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Seite 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, 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. Merchant
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Seite 200 - Place«. » The Turk. Choice nymph ! the crown of chaste Diana's train, Thou beauty's lily, set in heavenly earth ; Thy fairs, uupattern'd, all perfection stain