A First View of English LiteratureC. Scribner's sons, 1923 - 424 páginas |
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... queen , after solemnly handing the mead - cup to her lord and to Beowulf , and bidding them " be blithe at the beer - drink- ing , " goes through the hall distributing gifts among the * Corselets of mail . thanes . The king , queen ...
... queen , after solemnly handing the mead - cup to her lord and to Beowulf , and bidding them " be blithe at the beer - drink- ing , " goes through the hall distributing gifts among the * Corselets of mail . thanes . The king , queen ...
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... queen , with a company of maidens , come through the meadows to gaze in wonder on the huge arm and claw nailed beneath the gold roof of the hall . When the even- ing feast begins , Beowulf sits between the two sons of the king , and ...
... queen , with a company of maidens , come through the meadows to gaze in wonder on the huge arm and claw nailed beneath the gold roof of the hall . When the even- ing feast begins , Beowulf sits between the two sons of the king , and ...
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... queen with the sight of a severed head talking , and who has been trying to lead Gawayne into bad faith , in order that her husband's axe might have power upon him . By his purity and truth Gawayne has been saved , except for the slight ...
... queen with the sight of a severed head talking , and who has been trying to lead Gawayne into bad faith , in order that her husband's axe might have power upon him . By his purity and truth Gawayne has been saved , except for the slight ...
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... queen Lord ! much of mirth was that she made Among her mates . He strives in transport to cross over and be with her ; but it is not pleasing to God that he should come , and the dreamer awakes . The language of The Pearl has the same ...
... queen Lord ! much of mirth was that she made Among her mates . He strives in transport to cross over and be with her ; but it is not pleasing to God that he should come , and the dreamer awakes . The language of The Pearl has the same ...
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... queen , Philippa , Englishmen began to grow wool on a large scale . Flemish weavers were imported to teach them to manufacture this wool into finished products . The wool industry became one of the chief sources of English wealth ; and ...
... queen , Philippa , Englishmen began to grow wool on a large scale . Flemish weavers were imported to teach them to manufacture this wool into finished products . The wool industry became one of the chief sources of English wealth ; and ...
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Página 79 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised: thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Página 391 - OUT of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Página 196 - Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well ; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Página 108 - Yes, trust them not ! for there is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his " Tiger's heart wrapped in a player's hide," supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you ; and, being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is, in his own conceit, the only Shake-scene in a country.
Página 256 - Of aspect more sublime: that blessed mood In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened; that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul...
Página 170 - Collier published his Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage...
Página 100 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.
Página 180 - The King was struck with horror at the description I had given of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made. He was amazed how so impotent and grovelling an insect as I (these were his expressions) could entertain such inhuman ideas...
Página 99 - From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine Threatening the world with high astounding terms And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword.
Página 333 - From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.