A manual of English literatureLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1877 - 423 Seiten |
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... wrote all his extant works in Latin . Incom- parably the most valuable of these is his Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum , which gives us professedly a connected history of the Church and religion of England down to his own times ...
... wrote all his extant works in Latin . Incom- parably the most valuable of these is his Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum , which gives us professedly a connected history of the Church and religion of England down to his own times ...
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... wrote Andreas ? Grimm now proceeds to weave a pretty theory . Towards the end of Andreas occur the lines ( 1. 1487 ) , — Hwædre git sceolon lytlum sticcum leod worda dæl furdur reccan.1 The ' git , ' ye two , refers , he thinks , to a ...
... wrote Andreas ? Grimm now proceeds to weave a pretty theory . Towards the end of Andreas occur the lines ( 1. 1487 ) , — Hwædre git sceolon lytlum sticcum leod worda dæl furdur reccan.1 The ' git , ' ye two , refers , he thinks , to a ...
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... wrote in Latin . The Anglo - Saxon , too , being no longer taught in schools , nor spoken in the higher circles of society , had lost very much of its original harmony and precision of structure ; and when the annalist found himself ...
... wrote in Latin . The Anglo - Saxon , too , being no longer taught in schools , nor spoken in the higher circles of society , had lost very much of its original harmony and precision of structure ; and when the annalist found himself ...
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... wrote in the Latin language . With the exception of Marianus Scotus , Ordericus Vitalis , and Ranulph Higden , they all confined themselves to recording the succession of events in their own country . There is no occasion to seek out ...
... wrote in the Latin language . With the exception of Marianus Scotus , Ordericus Vitalis , and Ranulph Higden , they all confined themselves to recording the succession of events in their own country . There is no occasion to seek out ...
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... wrote a chronicle to which he gave the name Historia Novorum , terminating in 1122. For the reigns of the two sons of the Conqueror it is the most valuable work that we possess ; it was printed by Selden in 1623 . 13. The chronicle of ...
... wrote a chronicle to which he gave the name Historia Novorum , terminating in 1122. For the reigns of the two sons of the Conqueror it is the most valuable work that we possess ; it was printed by Selden in 1623 . 13. The chronicle of ...
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Seite 469 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Seite 280 - A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Seite 371 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Seite 393 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Seite 230 - Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping stage Which since thy flight from hence hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light!
Seite 247 - With it Camoens soothed an exile's grief ; The sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow: a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery-land To struggle through dark ways; and when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet ; whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few...
Seite 400 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Seite 408 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Seite 188 - By William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Seite 361 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...