Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions of English Authors, from the Earliest to the Present Time, Connected by a Critical and Biographical History, Том 1Robert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1849 |
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... Henry VII's time , Hasty Judgment , Cause and Effect , • The Shepherds of Bethlehem , JOHN FOX , · The Invention of Printing , The Death of Queen Anne Boleyn , A notable History of William Hunter , a young man of 19 years of age ...
... Henry VII's time , Hasty Judgment , Cause and Effect , • The Shepherds of Bethlehem , JOHN FOX , · The Invention of Printing , The Death of Queen Anne Boleyn , A notable History of William Hunter , a young man of 19 years of age ...
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... Henry VIII . He was rector of Dysse , in Norfolk , and chiefly wrote satires upon his own order , for which he was at one time compelled to fly from his charge . The pasquils of Skelton are copious and careless effusions of coarse ...
... Henry VIII . He was rector of Dysse , in Norfolk , and chiefly wrote satires upon his own order , for which he was at one time compelled to fly from his charge . The pasquils of Skelton are copious and careless effusions of coarse ...
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... Henry VIII . , and was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1547. The poetry of Surrey is remarkable for a flowing melody , correctness of style , and purity of expression ; he was the first to introduce the sonnet and blank verse into English ...
... Henry VIII . , and was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1547. The poetry of Surrey is remarkable for a flowing melody , correctness of style , and purity of expression ; he was the first to introduce the sonnet and blank verse into English ...
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... Henry VIII . and Edward VI . , some of which are by uncertain authors , may be added , as further illustrative of the literary history of that period . The first two are amongst the earliest verses in which the metaphysical re ...
... Henry VIII . and Edward VI . , some of which are by uncertain authors , may be added , as further illustrative of the literary history of that period . The first two are amongst the earliest verses in which the metaphysical re ...
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... Henry VII . and VIII .; but its first examples are of a very homely character . ROBERT FABIAN and EDWARD HALL may be regarded as the first writers in this department of our national lite- rature . They aimed at no literary excellence ...
... Henry VII . and VIII .; but its first examples are of a very homely character . ROBERT FABIAN and EDWARD HALL may be regarded as the first writers in this department of our national lite- rature . They aimed at no literary excellence ...
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Сторінка 185 - Here, under leave of Brutus, and the rest, (For Brutus is an honourable man; So are they all, all honourable men;) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me: But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.
Сторінка 132 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die.
Сторінка 329 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Сторінка 107 - Nay, if you read this line, remember not The hand that writ it : for I love you so. That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot, If thinking on me then should make you woe.
Сторінка 395 - ... teeth: and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Сторінка 331 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides...
Сторінка 333 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Сторінка 243 - 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.
Сторінка 187 - To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling...
Сторінка 334 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...