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... means of which he weaves his own name into the text . The words in CAPITALS represent pretty closely the mean- ings which these single characters commonly represent . " Then shall the COURAGEOUS tremble ; he shall hear the King , the ...
... means of which he weaves his own name into the text . The words in CAPITALS represent pretty closely the mean- ings which these single characters commonly represent . " Then shall the COURAGEOUS tremble ; he shall hear the King , the ...
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... mean- ing of village or town . These names are especially numerous in the eastern part of Yorkshire and Lincoln- shire , in the region formerly known as the Danelagh , where the Danes had their settlements.1 From now on the language of ...
... mean- ing of village or town . These names are especially numerous in the eastern part of Yorkshire and Lincoln- shire , in the region formerly known as the Danelagh , where the Danes had their settlements.1 From now on the language of ...
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... means unproductive or unimpor tant . Very early in this period , perhaps , belongs a prose version of the famous medieval essay by Boethius ( died 525 a . D. ) , De Consolatione Philosophię , first translated into Anglo - Saxon by King ...
... means unproductive or unimpor tant . Very early in this period , perhaps , belongs a prose version of the famous medieval essay by Boethius ( died 525 a . D. ) , De Consolatione Philosophię , first translated into Anglo - Saxon by King ...
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... means confined in their peregrina- tions to this poure widwe's barnyard . Here is an excellent example of the poet's humor , pervasive and yet well in hand , to be read appreciatively and enjoyed . The development of English literature ...
... means confined in their peregrina- tions to this poure widwe's barnyard . Here is an excellent example of the poet's humor , pervasive and yet well in hand , to be read appreciatively and enjoyed . The development of English literature ...
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... means of Printing- movable types . The process of block - print- Press . ing from wooden slabs on which were cut the letters of a single page had , to some extent , displaced the painful art of transcribing on parchment and vellum the ...
... means of Printing- movable types . The process of block - print- Press . ing from wooden slabs on which were cut the letters of a single page had , to some extent , displaced the painful art of transcribing on parchment and vellum the ...
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Page 121 - Think , when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' th' receiving earth; For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings Carry them here and there, jumping o'er times, Turning...
Page 204 - Her finger was so small, the ring, Would not stay on, which they did bring, It was too wide a peck: And to say truth (for out it must) It looked like the great collar (just) About our young colt's neck. Her feet beneath her petticoat, Like little mice, stole in and out, As if they fear'd the light: But O she dances such a way!
Page 287 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 120 - On this unworthy scaffold to bring forth So great an object; can this cockpit hold The vasty fields of France? or may we cram Within this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt?
Page 434 - I go to prove my soul ! I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive ! what time, what circuit first, I ask not : but unless God send his hail Or blinding fireballs, sleet or stifling snow, In some time, his good time, I shall arrive : He guides me and the bird. In his good time ! Mich.
Page 145 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together : our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.
Page 456 - Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, pass'd in music out of sight.
Page 398 - Be no longer a Chaos, but a World, or even Worldkin. Produce! Produce! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God's name! 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee: out with it, then. Up, up! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might. Work while it is called Today; for the Night cometh, wherein no man can work.
Page 204 - Out upon it, I have loved Three whole days together! And am like to love three more. If it prove fair weather. Time shall moult away his wings Ere he shall discover In the whole wide world again Such a constant lover.
Page 228 - Steele had left college without taking a degree, had been disinherited by a rich relation, had led a vagrant life, had served in the army, had tried to find the philosopher's stone, and had written a religious treatise and several comedies. He was one of those people whom it is impossible either to hate or to respect. His temper was sweet, his affections warm, his spirits lively, his passions strong, and his principles weak. His life was spent in sinning and repenting ; in inculcating what was right,...