Cyclopædia of English literature, Том 1William and Robert Chambers, 1843 |
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... seen short specimens of the Anglo - Saxon prose and verse of the period prior to the Conquest . Perhaps the best means of making clear the transition of the language into its present form , is to present a continuation of these ...
... seen short specimens of the Anglo - Saxon prose and verse of the period prior to the Conquest . Perhaps the best means of making clear the transition of the language into its present form , is to present a continuation of these ...
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... seen English poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and ...
... seen English poetry only in the forms of the chronicle and the romance : of its many other forms , so familiar now , in which it is employed to point a moral lesson , to describe natural scenery , to convey satiric reflections , and ...
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... seen . The destruction of the Royal Manor at Woodstock , and the subsequent erection of Blenheim , have changed the appearance of this classic ground ; but the poet's morning walk may still be traced , and some venerable oaks that may ...
... seen . The destruction of the Royal Manor at Woodstock , and the subsequent erection of Blenheim , have changed the appearance of this classic ground ; but the poet's morning walk may still be traced , and some venerable oaks that may ...
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... seen The earl and all his men , bedeen , Faucht sae stoutly , but effraying , Richt as they had nae abasing ; Them pressit they with all their micht . And they , with spears and swerds bricht , And axes , that richt sharply share I'mids ...
... seen The earl and all his men , bedeen , Faucht sae stoutly , but effraying , Richt as they had nae abasing ; Them pressit they with all their micht . And they , with spears and swerds bricht , And axes , that richt sharply share I'mids ...
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... seen , Gif nought but he full gude had been . ' St Serf the devil askit than , ' Where God made Adam , the first man ? " ' In Ebron Adam formit was , ' St Serf said . And til him Sathanas , ' Where was he , eft that , for his vice , He ...
... seen , Gif nought but he full gude had been . ' St Serf the devil askit than , ' Where God made Adam , the first man ? " ' In Ebron Adam formit was , ' St Serf said . And til him Sathanas , ' Where was he , eft that , for his vice , He ...
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Сторінка 306 - meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap'd
Сторінка 188 - show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this— That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. Merchant
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