A manual of English literatureLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1877 - 423 páginas |
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... verse . These are- ( 1 ) The Song of Canute . ( 2 ) Archbishop Aldred's curse . ( 3 ) St. Godric's verses . ( 4 ) The Prophecy of Here . Thomas , a monk of Ely , who wrote about 1170 , relates that King Canute was once in his barge on ...
... verse . These are- ( 1 ) The Song of Canute . ( 2 ) Archbishop Aldred's curse . ( 3 ) St. Godric's verses . ( 4 ) The Prophecy of Here . Thomas , a monk of Ely , who wrote about 1170 , relates that King Canute was once in his barge on ...
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... verses.1 The solemn hymns of the Church —some of which are unsurpassed even as literary compositions -were composed ... verse was largely used in this country as a vehicle for satire and humour . There is among 1 The term seems to have ...
... verses.1 The solemn hymns of the Church —some of which are unsurpassed even as literary compositions -were composed ... verse was largely used in this country as a vehicle for satire and humour . There is among 1 The term seems to have ...
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... verse , by Chrétien of Troyes . This romance , which , with its continuations , extended to more than 20,000 lines , was founded on the prose Tristan of Luc de Gast , and probably written between 1190 and 1198 , in which Chrétien is ...
... verse , by Chrétien of Troyes . This romance , which , with its continuations , extended to more than 20,000 lines , was founded on the prose Tristan of Luc de Gast , and probably written between 1190 and 1198 , in which Chrétien is ...
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... verse for the entertainment of the laity . In verse -because few laymen could read , and a history in rime was easier and more agreeable to remember , both for the reciter and for the hearer . We do not hear of prose chronicles in ...
... verse for the entertainment of the laity . In verse -because few laymen could read , and a history in rime was easier and more agreeable to remember , both for the reciter and for the hearer . We do not hear of prose chronicles in ...
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... verse or prose ; but Gaimar does not say . The substance of the story , according to the English version , is briefly this . The sovereigns of England and Denmark , dying about the same time , leave to inherit their kingdoms , the one a ...
... verse or prose ; but Gaimar does not say . The substance of the story , according to the English version , is briefly this . The sovereigns of England and Denmark , dying about the same time , leave to inherit their kingdoms , the one a ...
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Página 469 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles, and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Página 280 - A fiery soul, which working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms ; but for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit.
Página 371 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Página 393 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 230 - Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping stage Which since thy flight from hence hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light!
Página 247 - With it Camoens soothed an exile's grief ; The sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary brow: a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery-land To struggle through dark ways; and when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet ; whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few...
Página 400 - A daring pilot in extremity, Pleased with the danger, when the waves went high, He sought the storms; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied And thin partitions do their bounds divide; Else, why should he, with wealth and honor blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Página 408 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 188 - By William Shakespeare. Newly imprinted and enlarged to almost as much againe as it was, according to the true and perfect Coppie.
Página 361 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom...