Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley, Volumen 3;Volumen 791876 |
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... told them well in the direct phrase of common speech . Such tales in prose Boccaccio told again for the Italians in his " Decameron , " about 1 Next to the case containing six books rolled and labelled , are tables , hinged and wax ...
... told them well in the direct phrase of common speech . Such tales in prose Boccaccio told again for the Italians in his " Decameron , " about 1 Next to the case containing six books rolled and labelled , are tables , hinged and wax ...
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... told us that all that was of ships that were drawn thither by the adamants , for the iron that was in them . And of the rottenness and other things that were within the ships , grew such bushes , and thorns , and briers , and green ...
... told us that all that was of ships that were drawn thither by the adamants , for the iron that was in them . And of the rottenness and other things that were within the ships , grew such bushes , and thorns , and briers , and green ...
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... told her his person is simple , for she saith men shall have the more deyntee of her if she rule her to him as she ought to do . Cousin , it is told me there is a goodly man in your Inn , of the which the father died lately , and if ye ...
... told her his person is simple , for she saith men shall have the more deyntee of her if she rule her to him as she ought to do . Cousin , it is told me there is a goodly man in your Inn , of the which the father died lately , and if ye ...
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... told me ye sent hym a letter to London . What the entent therof was I wot not , but thowge he take it but lyghtly , I wold ye shuld not spar to write to hym ageyn as lowly as ye cane , besechyng hym to be your good fader ; and send hym ...
... told me ye sent hym a letter to London . What the entent therof was I wot not , but thowge he take it but lyghtly , I wold ye shuld not spar to write to hym ageyn as lowly as ye cane , besechyng hym to be your good fader ; and send hym ...
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... told me that he seyd to hyr that ther was no woman in the world he lovyd so welle . I wold not that he shuld jape hyr , for she menythe good feythe ; and yf he wolle not have hyr , late me wete in hast , and I shall purvey for hyr in ...
... told me that he seyd to hyr that ther was no woman in the world he lovyd so welle . I wold not that he shuld jape hyr , for she menythe good feythe ; and yf he wolle not have hyr , late me wete in hast , and I shall purvey for hyr in ...
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Página 283 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 115 - Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit; and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not. Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.
Página 146 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 113 - ... certain it is that whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another:, he tosseth his thoughts more easily; he marshalleth them more orderly; he seeth how they look when they are turned into words; finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and that more by an hour's discourse than by a day's meditation.
Página 114 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring: for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business...
Página 146 - Behold now this vast city ; a city of refuge, the mansion-house of liberty, encompassed and surrounded with his protection. The shop of war hath not there more anvils and hammers waking, to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleaguerd truth, than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas...
Página 76 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Página 114 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 236 - As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes, that were inexpressibly melodious, and altogether different from anything I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and' qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Página 76 - Now therein of all sciences (I speak still of human, and according to the human conceit), is our poet the monarch. For he doth not only show the way, but giveth so sweet a prospect into the way as will entice any man to enter into it...