Philomorus: A Brief Examination of the Latin Poems of Sir Thomas MoreW. Pickering, 1842 - 78 pages |
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... expression . And if More's translations be pro- nounced in some degree superior to his rival's , or if it be said that in after years he surpassed these crude attempts of his youth , it will amount at best to a very faint commendation ...
... expression . And if More's translations be pro- nounced in some degree superior to his rival's , or if it be said that in after years he surpassed these crude attempts of his youth , it will amount at best to a very faint commendation ...
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... expressed , so far from re- commending the writer to his good graces , would have produced an effect decidedly the Such , however , was the fashion of reverse . the day and when we find it adopted in the grave compositions of churchmen ...
... expressed , so far from re- commending the writer to his good graces , would have produced an effect decidedly the Such , however , was the fashion of reverse . the day and when we find it adopted in the grave compositions of churchmen ...
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... expressed in these lines . When the muse is invoked to sing the praises and celebrate the virtues of a youth- ful Queen , all the devices of poesy are put into requisition ; but in this instance , even the bounds of poetic licence seem ...
... expressed in these lines . When the muse is invoked to sing the praises and celebrate the virtues of a youth- ful Queen , all the devices of poesy are put into requisition ; but in this instance , even the bounds of poetic licence seem ...
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... expressed at that later period of his life , when he was confined for the space of a whole year in the Tower , and removed from his dungeon only to be conveyed to the block . A similar turn of thought may be traced in one of his " sweet ...
... expressed at that later period of his life , when he was confined for the space of a whole year in the Tower , and removed from his dungeon only to be conveyed to the block . A similar turn of thought may be traced in one of his " sweet ...
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... expressed in several poems of the present collection , as well as in one of his epistles to Erasmus . In the first of these , he addresses Busleiden on the subject of his medals : - Roma suis ducibus servata est ; ipse reservas Romanos ...
... expressed in several poems of the present collection , as well as in one of his epistles to Erasmus . In the first of these , he addresses Busleiden on the subject of his medals : - Roma suis ducibus servata est ; ipse reservas Romanos ...
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accent French addressed admiration affection allusion amused ancient animadverts Antimorus appointment artist better bishop Bishop Fisher Brie Busleiden Cæsar cantor fuit Catharine CHANCERY LANE character church classical antiquity Colet composition court courtiers death delighted duced early encomiums England English Epigrammata epistles to Erasmus epitaph excited Fabianus familiar intercourse fate father feeling five long lustres foreign France graceful Greece Greek Greek language heart Henry Abyngdon Henry VIII Henry's honour interest Italy King lady language Latin poems Latin versification learning lines literature Mackintosh mankind marriage medals ment monarch More's nation never Norham offensive epigrams omit p.m. in Full panegyric period person piety poet poetical poetry Posthumus present professed rably correct reign of Henry remarks satire says scarcely scholars Scotland sentiments Sir Thomas spirit stanzas style thee Tiberius tion Tournay traitor was afterwards Utopia volume Warham written youth
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Page 30 - I find His Grace my very good lord indeed, and I believe he doth as singularly favour me as any subject within this Realm; howbeit, son Roper, I may tell thee I have no cause to be proud thereof, for if my head would win him a castle in France (for then there was war between us), it should not fail to go.
Page 35 - One lesson, shepherd, let us two divide, Taught both by what she shows, and what conceals • Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Page 19 - Duke of Somerset ; her mother was called Margaret, right noble as well in manners as in blood, to whom she was a very daughter in all noble manners, for she was bounteous and liberal to every person of her knowledge or acquaintance.
Page 2 - Take it and leave me." And the blushing Maid, Who through the streets as through a desert strayed ; And, when her dear, dear Father passed along, Would not be held— but, bursting through the throng, Halberd and battle-axe — kissed him o'er and o'er ; Then turned and went — then sought him as before, Believing she should see his face no more...
Page 39 - Crimeless, my heart you stole in life's soft prime, And still possess that heart without a crime. Pure was the love which in my youth prevailed, And age would keep it pure, if honour failed. O may the gods, who, five long lustres...
Page 38 - mid cold ashes rears it's languid head; So thou, though changed (ah changed indeed!) to view, Kindlest the love, that once was thine, anew. Now on my memory breaks that happy day, When first I saw thee with thy mates at play: On thy white neck the flaxen ringlet lies, With snow thy cheek, thy lip with roses vies. Thine eyes, twin stars, with arrowy radiance shine, And pierce and sink into my heart through mine. Struck as with heaven's own...
Page 34 - ... to their patriotism, to diminish the evils of absenteeism among Irish landowners. He compelled by legal process many clergymen of the Established Church, who had been accustomed to spend their time in England or abroad, to reside upon their benefices. His views on the subject of national education were in advance of the age in which he lived.* It is evident likewise that of the real state of parties in Ireland, and of the steps to be taken, with a view gradually to soften down its bitterness,...
Page 13 - EPIGRAMMATA," though much admired in their day, not only in England, but all over Europe, are now only inspected by the curious, who wish to know how the Latin language was cultivated in the reign of Henry VII. The collection in its present form was printed at Basle from a manuscript supplied by Erasmus, consisting of detached copies made by various friends, without his authority or sanction. His own opinion of their merits is thus given in one of his epistles to Erasmus : " I was never much delighted...