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... John- son is solidly Saxon , and Goldsmith has the Celtic pathos and grace in his style . Burke is a Celtic orator , and Fox an English debater . So the two great hereditary strains appear , and give English literature scope , variety ...
... John- son is solidly Saxon , and Goldsmith has the Celtic pathos and grace in his style . Burke is a Celtic orator , and Fox an English debater . So the two great hereditary strains appear , and give English literature scope , variety ...
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... John's Gospel into Anglo - Saxon . This is lost . His pupil , Saint Cuthbert , tells the story of his death , which though printed in every history will bear another repetition : - " I do not want my boys to read a lie , ' he answered ...
... John's Gospel into Anglo - Saxon . This is lost . His pupil , Saint Cuthbert , tells the story of his death , which though printed in every history will bear another repetition : - " I do not want my boys to read a lie , ' he answered ...
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... John early in the thirteenth century . The Great Charter , which affirmed the rights of the English people and limited the power of the throne in imposing taxes , was wrung from him in 1215. By this , and still more by the Barons ' wars ...
... John early in the thirteenth century . The Great Charter , which affirmed the rights of the English people and limited the power of the throne in imposing taxes , was wrung from him in 1215. By this , and still more by the Barons ' wars ...
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... Grosseteste , the monk , Orm , and the writer of the " Ancren Riwle " ( Rule of living for nuns or anchoresses ) , and Richard Rolle of Hampole ; among the philosophers , Roger Bacon and John 40 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE.
... Grosseteste , the monk , Orm , and the writer of the " Ancren Riwle " ( Rule of living for nuns or anchoresses ) , and Richard Rolle of Hampole ; among the philosophers , Roger Bacon and John 40 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE.
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Charles F. Johnson. Hampole ; among the philosophers , Roger Bacon and John Duns Scotus . Metrical Toward the end of the period , many French romances and shorter " lays " were translated into English by un- known authors . Among these ...
Charles F. Johnson. Hampole ; among the philosophers , Roger Bacon and John Duns Scotus . Metrical Toward the end of the period , many French romances and shorter " lays " were translated into English by un- known authors . Among these ...
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Page 338 - What thou art we know not ; What is most like thee ? From rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.
Page 324 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 469 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Page 341 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...
Page 338 - Like a glow-worm golden In a dell of dew, Scattering unbeholden Its aerial hue Among the flowers and grass which screen it from the view...
Page 158 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 339 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain ? What fields, or waves, or mountains ? What shapes of sky or plain ? What love of thine own kind ? what ignorance of pain ? With thy clear, keen joyance Languor cannot be : Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee : Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety.
Page 233 - Fear no more the frown o' the great; Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust.
Page 341 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life — 'Tis we, who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings.
Page 213 - CYRIACK, this three years day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward.