English Literature: From the beginnings to the age of Henry VIII, by Richard GarnettGrosset & Dunlap, 1903 - English literature |
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... poetical . King Ethelbert's instinct had not wholly misled him when he shunned to meet the first missionaries from dread of their incantations , though the spirits they were actually to raise came in another shape than any he could have ...
... poetical . King Ethelbert's instinct had not wholly misled him when he shunned to meet the first missionaries from dread of their incantations , though the spirits they were actually to raise came in another shape than any he could have ...
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... poetical diction which qualified him to weave the Beowulf lays into an epic . It may even be possible to offer a plausible conjecture as to the period and occasion of his work . Strong reasons , derived from names of places and the ...
... poetical diction which qualified him to weave the Beowulf lays into an epic . It may even be possible to offer a plausible conjecture as to the period and occasion of his work . Strong reasons , derived from names of places and the ...
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... poetical literature now lost . The authors were men of real poetical genius , who laboured under the disadvantages of paucity of impressions and ideas , diction unrefined by study and practice , and a cramping system of versification ...
... poetical literature now lost . The authors were men of real poetical genius , who laboured under the disadvantages of paucity of impressions and ideas , diction unrefined by study and practice , and a cramping system of versification ...
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... poetical litera- ture , to be for a considerable time confined in its manifestations to a single nook of an extensive country . Ionian Greece in the days of Homer , Sicily and afterwards Tuscany in the early ages of Italian literature ...
... poetical litera- ture , to be for a considerable time confined in its manifestations to a single nook of an extensive country . Ionian Greece in the days of Homer , Sicily and afterwards Tuscany in the early ages of Italian literature ...
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... poetical gift was duly attested and authenticated , and he spent the remainder of his life in versifying Scripture under the patronage of the abbey . There is really no reason to doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although ...
... poetical gift was duly attested and authenticated , and he spent the remainder of his life in versifying Scripture under the patronage of the abbey . There is really no reason to doubt the substantial veracity of the story ; although ...
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Page 216 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: "for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 302 - I dought neither speak to prince or peer, Nor ask of grace from fair ladye.' 'Now hold thy peace!' the lady said, 'For as I say, so must it be.' He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 304 - Now nay, now nay,' quoth Robin Hood, ' That boon I'll not grant thee ; I never ' hurt ' woman in all my life, Nor man in woman's company.
Page 258 - For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.
Page 77 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Page 305 - He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu
Page 353 - Toward me, the sweet port of his avail. Alas ! how oft in dreams I see Those eyes that were my food ; Which sometime so delighted me, That yet they do me good...
Page 352 - Where we did strain, trained with swarms of youth, Our tender limbs, that yet shot up in length. The secret groves, which oft we made resound Of pleasant plaint, and of our ladies' praise ; Recording oft what grace each one had found, What hope of speed, what dread of long delays.
Page 288 - Worship all ye that lovers be this May, For of your bliss the kalends are begun, And sing with us, away, winter away, Come, summer come, the sweet season and sun.
Page 308 - I think not nay, but, as ye say, It is no maiden's lore : But love may make me for your sake, As...