English LiteratureLongmans, Green and Company, 1918 - 605 páginas |
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... idea of what went on in Europe in ancient times , in the Middle Ages , and while English literature itself was developing . Those lacking this knowledge should review one of the following : * Ashley . Early European Civilization ...
... idea of what went on in Europe in ancient times , in the Middle Ages , and while English literature itself was developing . Those lacking this knowledge should review one of the following : * Ashley . Early European Civilization ...
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... idea of self - govern- ment by assembly and of trial by jury that was to expand until it took form in the Parliament ... idea that one man is as good as another is closely related to the idea of government by the people and for the ...
... idea of self - govern- ment by assembly and of trial by jury that was to expand until it took form in the Parliament ... idea that one man is as good as another is closely related to the idea of government by the people and for the ...
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... This alliterative meter is used in the translated extracts from Beowulf on pages 24-27 . To get some idea how verse of this kind would sound with modern words , read these aloud , or read aloud the extract quoted 18 ENGLISH LITERATURE.
... This alliterative meter is used in the translated extracts from Beowulf on pages 24-27 . To get some idea how verse of this kind would sound with modern words , read these aloud , or read aloud the extract quoted 18 ENGLISH LITERATURE.
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... idea of its The Saxon style and language may be gained from the Chronicle extract on page 14. Observe that its language is much nearer modern English than that of the poems . All books of that day were in manuscript . Printing had not ...
... idea of its The Saxon style and language may be gained from the Chronicle extract on page 14. Observe that its language is much nearer modern English than that of the poems . All books of that day were in manuscript . Printing had not ...
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... idea that the Normans , when they came to England , were a cultured people with a literature . This is far from the case . In some respects they did excel the English of that day , —in the art of war , for instance , in organization of ...
... idea that the Normans , when they came to England , were a cultured people with a literature . This is far from the case . In some respects they did excel the English of that day , —in the art of war , for instance , in organization of ...
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Página 278 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Página 344 - Tiger! Tiger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
Página 155 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang; In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest...
Página 271 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Página 177 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air, And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind: we are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep..
Página 376 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy! Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows He sees it in his joy; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Página 215 - Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? declare if thou hast understanding.
Página 497 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.
Página 270 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 140 - Come, Sleep, O Sleep, the certain knot of peace. The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low!