The English Language: Its Grammar, History and LiteratureD.C. Heath & Company, 1887 - 388 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
accented adjective adverb amphibrachs Anglo-Saxon Ben Jonson born cæsura called cends the throne century Chaucer comes compound Crown 8vo dative dialect died direct object doublet educated ending England English language English words feminine French words gender German gerund grammar greatest Greek guttural Hence History iambic iambic pentameter Imperative Mood Indefinite Tense infinitive inflexions John Julius Cæsar kind King large number Latin Latin words lines literary literature living London Lord meaning Milton Mood nominative Norman Norman-French object oldest English Ormulum participle passive Past Perfect Tense person phrase plural poem poet poetry Pope possessive Predicate prefix preposition present pronoun prose prose-writer rhymed Roman root RULE Saxon Scotland sentence Shakespeare Singular sound speak speech spoken striking style Subjunctive Mood suffix syllable things thou thought transitive verb translation trochees verb verse William write written wrote
Pasajes populares
Página 295 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Página 165 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Página 322 - ... berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Página 321 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Página 163 - Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found.
Página 327 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 328 - My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed All under the willow-tree. Black his cryne as the winter night, White his rode as the summer snow, Red his face as the morning light, Cold he lies in the grave below: My love is dead, Gone to his death-bed All under the willow-tree.
Página 311 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Página 297 - But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.