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... describes the wanderings through many lands of a gleeman named ' Wid - sith , ' i.e. Far - traveller . ' There is little beauty in the poem , for it is in great part a string of names of countries and peoples , and in its present ...
... describes the wanderings through many lands of a gleeman named ' Wid - sith , ' i.e. Far - traveller . ' There is little beauty in the poem , for it is in great part a string of names of countries and peoples , and in its present ...
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... in the mass - book In all the year at mass , And ever after the Gospel stands That which the Gospel meaneth . In one of the homilies Ormin describes the death of the wicked Herod , and he then goes on to 34 HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... in the mass - book In all the year at mass , And ever after the Gospel stands That which the Gospel meaneth . In one of the homilies Ormin describes the death of the wicked Herod , and he then goes on to 34 HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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... describing the Battle of Evesham speaks of the darkness which pre- vailed for thirty miles round , and which was so great that the monks could not see to read the daily service . He adds : - bis isei roberd bat verst þis boc made . and ...
... describing the Battle of Evesham speaks of the darkness which pre- vailed for thirty miles round , and which was so great that the monks could not see to read the daily service . He adds : - bis isei roberd bat verst þis boc made . and ...
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... describing the effect of the Norman Conquest upon the language of England , the writer says : - pus com , lo ! Engelond into Nor- mandies ' hond And te Normans ne coube speke bo , bote hore owe speche , And speke French as hii dude atom ...
... describing the effect of the Norman Conquest upon the language of England , the writer says : - pus com , lo ! Engelond into Nor- mandies ' hond And te Normans ne coube speke bo , bote hore owe speche , And speke French as hii dude atom ...
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... describing the wonders of Britain . He says : - Yn be contray aboute Wynchestre ys a den ; out of þat den alwey bloweb a strong wynd , so þat no man may endure for to stonde to - for bat den . par is also a pond þat turneb tre into yre ...
... describing the wonders of Britain . He says : - Yn be contray aboute Wynchestre ys a den ; out of þat den alwey bloweb a strong wynd , so þat no man may endure for to stonde to - for bat den . par is also a pond þat turneb tre into yre ...
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Page 456 - youth, when The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion: the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms were then to me An appetite; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye. But
Page 328 - himself to rise ; Damn with faint Praise, assent with civil Leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer ; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a Fault, and hesitate Dislike ; Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious Friend ; Dreading ev'n fools, by Flatterers besieg'd, And
Page 273 - to be obtained not by the invocation of Dame Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the life of whom he pleases.
Page 168 - her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power ; both angels, and men, and creatures of what condition soever though each in different sort and maner, yet all with uniforme consent admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 196 - up all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nurrisht by. This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
Page 265 - endu'th. Yet, be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Towards which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-master's eye.
Page 273 - 1650 the sight of his left eye was gone, and two years later he was in total darkness. In several places in his later works he pathetically laments his loss— Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of Even or Morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or Summers
Page 275 - excess Of Glory obscur'd. As when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the Horizontal misty Air Shorn of his Beams, or from behind the Moon In dim Eclips disastrous twilight sheds On half the Nations, and with fear of change Perplexes Monarchs. Darken'd so yet shon Above them all th
Page 311 - brows with roses and with myrtles bound: (So should desert in arms be crowned.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride, In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserve the fair.
Page 305 - Of these the false Achitophel was first, A Name to all succeeding Ages curst: For close Designs, and crooked Counsels fit; Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of Wit; Restless, unfixed in Principles and Place; In Pow'r unpleas'd, impatient of Disgrace, A fiery Soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the Pigmy body to decay And