The Outlines of Literature, English and American: Based Upon Shaw's Manual of English LiteratureSheldon, 1897 - 481 Seiten |
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... death ; that they estab- lished a number of petty sovereignties , often at war with one another ; that the Celtic people called them all Saxons , while the invaders termed themselves Angles ; and that eventually their three principal ...
... death ; that they estab- lished a number of petty sovereignties , often at war with one another ; that the Celtic people called them all Saxons , while the invaders termed themselves Angles ; and that eventually their three principal ...
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... death of Stephen in 1154. It was an age of violence . A few of the Saxon fami- lies retained wealth and power ; but the mass of them lost dis- tinction , and became identified with the poorer classes . Sir Walter Scott well describes ...
... death of Stephen in 1154. It was an age of violence . A few of the Saxon fami- lies retained wealth and power ; but the mass of them lost dis- tinction , and became identified with the poorer classes . Sir Walter Scott well describes ...
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... death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 , James VI . , king of Scotland , was declared James I. of England . The great queen had recognized him as her rightful successor . He had been her Protestant ally when England was threatened by the ...
... death of Queen Elizabeth in 1603 , James VI . , king of Scotland , was declared James I. of England . The great queen had recognized him as her rightful successor . He had been her Protestant ally when England was threatened by the ...
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... death of Beowulf , caused by an heroic encounter with a fiery dragon that had wasted his land . Entering the haunted hall , he prom- When the mists of the night arose , Illustrating the quaint thought and the terse expression of the ...
... death of Beowulf , caused by an heroic encounter with a fiery dragon that had wasted his land . Entering the haunted hall , he prom- When the mists of the night arose , Illustrating the quaint thought and the terse expression of the ...
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... death- sick , to seek a sad dwelling under the fen shelters ; his life's end was come . " This ancient and interesting Old English poem is full of the superstitions of heathen times , and yet it is a picture of " an age brave , generous ...
... death- sick , to seek a sad dwelling under the fen shelters ; his life's end was come . " This ancient and interesting Old English poem is full of the superstitions of heathen times , and yet it is a picture of " an age brave , generous ...
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Seite 188 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 130 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Seite 224 - I received one morning," says Johnson, "a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion: I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before...
Seite 130 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Seite 206 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 183 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Seite 103 - Jonson, which two I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare...
Seite 182 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
Seite 349 - Several Poems, compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight...
Seite 136 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations \ of Burke sink into insignificance.