Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of British and American Authors, with Specimens of Their Writings, Volúmenes 3-4Robert Chambers American Book Exchange, 1881 |
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... Lord Cavendish - Bereavement .. 131 Sir Thomas Urquhart , ( circa 1613-1660 ) 131 Newspapers ... .132 FIFTH PERIOD . 1689-1727 : REIGNS OF WILLIAM III . , QUEEN ANNE , AND GEORGE I. 88 Translations of the Ancient Poets .. ¿ 9 Spenser ...
... Lord Cavendish - Bereavement .. 131 Sir Thomas Urquhart , ( circa 1613-1660 ) 131 Newspapers ... .132 FIFTH PERIOD . 1689-1727 : REIGNS OF WILLIAM III . , QUEEN ANNE , AND GEORGE I. 88 Translations of the Ancient Poets .. ¿ 9 Spenser ...
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... Lord Macaulay has remarked that it was chiefly in the university towns , or in London , that the celebrated clergy were congregated . The country clergy , without access to libraries , and travelling but little , in consequence of the ...
... Lord Macaulay has remarked that it was chiefly in the university towns , or in London , that the celebrated clergy were congregated . The country clergy , without access to libraries , and travelling but little , in consequence of the ...
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... Lord to write a paper to the Protector , by the name of Oliver Cromwell , wherein I did , in the pres- ence of the Lord God , declare that I did deny the wearing or drawing of a carnal sword , or any other outward weapon , against him ...
... Lord to write a paper to the Protector , by the name of Oliver Cromwell , wherein I did , in the pres- ence of the Lord God , declare that I did deny the wearing or drawing of a carnal sword , or any other outward weapon , against him ...
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... Lord , and a sweet and amiable disposition , such as you can love above all this world ; and that may make your habitations pleasant and desirable to you . And being married , be tender , affectionate , patient , and meek . Live in the ...
... Lord , and a sweet and amiable disposition , such as you can love above all this world ; and that may make your habitations pleasant and desirable to you . And being married , be tender , affectionate , patient , and meek . Live in the ...
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... Lord Peter , nor My Lord Paul ; nor yet Master Peter , nor Master Paul ; nor Doctor Peter , nor Doctor Paul ; but singly Peter and Paul ; and that not only in the Scripture , but for some hundreds of years after : so that this appears ...
... Lord Peter , nor My Lord Paul ; nor yet Master Peter , nor Master Paul ; nor Doctor Peter , nor Doctor Paul ; but singly Peter and Paul ; and that not only in the Scripture , but for some hundreds of years after : so that this appears ...
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Página 68 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear: He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Página 143 - Imagination fondly stoops to trace The parlour splendours of that festive place : The whitewashed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Página 9 - Sent forth a sleepy horror through the blood; And where this valley winded out below, The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow. A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye : And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky...
Página 66 - And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Página 143 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Página 143 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale; No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Página 35 - ... found themselves quickly at a stand, by the difficulties that rose on every side. After we had a while puzzled ourselves, without coming any nearer a resolution of those doubts which perplexed us, it came into my thoughts, that we took a wrong course ; and that before we set ourselves upon inquiries of that nature, it was necessary to examine our own abilities, and see what objects our understandings were, or were not, fitted to deal with.
Página 141 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove, — These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please; These, round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms, — but all these charms are fled!
Página 224 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.
Página 141 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...