Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Volume 1Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849 - English literature |
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... seen English poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and ...
... seen English poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and ...
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... seen . The destruction of the Royal Manor at Woodstock , and the subsequent erection of Blenheim , have changed the appearance of this classic ground ; but the poet's morning walk may still be traced , and some venerable oaks that may ...
... seen . The destruction of the Royal Manor at Woodstock , and the subsequent erection of Blenheim , have changed the appearance of this classic ground ; but the poet's morning walk may still be traced , and some venerable oaks that may ...
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... seen , In no thing , nor no steadfastness , Except in women , thus I mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every ...
... seen , In no thing , nor no steadfastness , Except in women , thus I mean ; Yet aye beware of doubleness . The crooked moon , ( this is no tale ) , Some while isheen4 and bright of hue , And after that full dark and pale , And every ...
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... seen The earl and all his men , bedeen , Faucht sae stoutly , but effraying , Richt as they had nae abasing ; Them pressit they with all their micht . And they , with spears and swerds bricht , And axes , that richt sharply share I'mids ...
... seen The earl and all his men , bedeen , Faucht sae stoutly , but effraying , Richt as they had nae abasing ; Them pressit they with all their micht . And they , with spears and swerds bricht , And axes , that richt sharply share I'mids ...
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... seen , Gif nought but he full gude had been . ' St Serf the devil askit than , ' Where God made Adam , the first man ? ' ' In Ebron Adam formit was , ' St Serf said . And til him Sathanas , ' Where was he , eft that , for his vice , He ...
... seen , Gif nought but he full gude had been . ' St Serf the devil askit than , ' Where God made Adam , the first man ? ' ' In Ebron Adam formit was , ' St Serf said . And til him Sathanas , ' Where was he , eft that , for his vice , He ...
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Page 185 - Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Page 132 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Page 329 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 107 - Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it : for I love you so. That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Page 395 - ... teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 331 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides...
Page 333 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 243 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.
Page 187 - To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Page 334 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...