The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth of the English LanguageD.Appleton & Company, 1862 - 413 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 93
Página 26
... never , perhaps , been any age that has not borne some literary fruit wholesome for man ; although , on the contrary , there is certainly not any that has not ripened many moral poisons . It would be unreasonable to demand that there ...
... never , perhaps , been any age that has not borne some literary fruit wholesome for man ; although , on the contrary , there is certainly not any that has not ripened many moral poisons . It would be unreasonable to demand that there ...
Página 27
... never to be unfastened , in the chain of mental phenomena which runs unbroken through the life of man , and which reaches from life into the world beyond the grave . Every thought steadily attended to , excites a series of others whose ...
... never to be unfastened , in the chain of mental phenomena which runs unbroken through the life of man , and which reaches from life into the world beyond the grave . Every thought steadily attended to , excites a series of others whose ...
Página 41
... never heard in the literature which then arose , and which spoke with the gentler voice of Christianity and infant civilization . The poems in which these sentiments found vent belong to the seventh , ninth , and tenth centuries . A ...
... never heard in the literature which then arose , and which spoke with the gentler voice of Christianity and infant civilization . The poems in which these sentiments found vent belong to the seventh , ninth , and tenth centuries . A ...
Página 46
... never allowed to unbuckle the armour which he had put on in youth , to defend his father - land against hordes of savage enemies . " This , " declared he , " is now especially to be said ; that I have wished to live worthily while I ...
... never allowed to unbuckle the armour which he had put on in youth , to defend his father - land against hordes of savage enemies . " This , " declared he , " is now especially to be said ; that I have wished to live worthily while I ...
Página 72
... never to be forgotten either in the history of our intellectual or in that of our ecclesiastical progress . The prevalence of metaphysical studies , in the thirteenth century , has been alleged as a main cause of that decay in ac ...
... never to be forgotten either in the history of our intellectual or in that of our ecclesiastical progress . The prevalence of metaphysical studies , in the thirteenth century , has been alleged as a main cause of that decay in ac ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Términos y frases comunes
Æneid ALBERT SCHWEGLER allegory ancient Anglo-Saxon beautiful belong Ben Jonson Bishop blank verse called celebrated Celts century character Chaucer chiefly chivalrous Chronicle church classical close Comedy composition critical declension dialect diction didactic drama earliest early ecclesiastical Edinburgh Review eloquence eminent England English language Essays fancy feeling French genius Geoffrey of Monmouth Henry honour illustrations imagination kind king Knight's Tale knowledge language Latin Layamon learned less letters likewise literary literature living lyrical merit metrical middle ages Milton mind modern moral narrative nation native nature never Norman Conquest Old English opinions original passages perhaps period philosophy poems poet poetical poetry possessed prose reign religious romances satire Saxon Scotland Scottish sentiment Shakspeare specimens Spenser spirit story style taste theological things thou thought tion tone tongue translation treatise truth verse vigorous words writers written