English Literary Miscellany: Series 1-2Bibliotheca Sacra Company, 1914 - 320 páginas |
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... say are an indirect proof , at least , that it is developing . Standing at the tomb of Chaucer , we seem to be standing at the tomb of English poetry . The earlier centuries , from Cædmon onward , were speedily succeeded by the ...
... say are an indirect proof , at least , that it is developing . Standing at the tomb of Chaucer , we seem to be standing at the tomb of English poetry . The earlier centuries , from Cædmon onward , were speedily succeeded by the ...
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... say , with Warton , that " their dissolution under Henry the Eighth gave a temporary check to letters in England . " If so , the check was tem- porary only , and made the subsequent movement to higher things all the more vigorous and ...
... say , with Warton , that " their dissolution under Henry the Eighth gave a temporary check to letters in England . " If so , the check was tem- porary only , and made the subsequent movement to higher things all the more vigorous and ...
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... had thrust aside the supernatural and the theoretical , and the devil alone was common to both periods . " The moral plays , " says Collier , were enabled to keep possession of the stage as long 30 General Discussions.
... had thrust aside the supernatural and the theoretical , and the devil alone was common to both periods . " The moral plays , " says Collier , were enabled to keep possession of the stage as long 30 General Discussions.
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... says : On the one hand , stands a body of playwrights who adhere to the traditions of the vernacular drama . On the other side , stands an influential body who treated these rude medleys with disdain and owned allegiance to classical ...
... says : On the one hand , stands a body of playwrights who adhere to the traditions of the vernacular drama . On the other side , stands an influential body who treated these rude medleys with disdain and owned allegiance to classical ...
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... say , As doth the sorry man , and longer by a day . " The dramatis persona are a wealthy widow and her wooers , among whom is the imperturbable Ralph , who is beguiled into all sorts of misdeeds . Full of self - conceit and the passion ...
... say , As doth the sorry man , and longer by a day . " The dramatis persona are a wealthy widow and her wooers , among whom is the imperturbable Ralph , who is beguiled into all sorts of misdeeds . Full of self - conceit and the passion ...
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Página 229 - But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world.
Página 199 - To one who has been long in city pent, "Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven,— to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament. Who is more happy, when, with heart's content, Fatigued he sinks into some pleasant lair Of wavy grass, and reads a debonair And gentle tale of love and languishment? Returning home at evening, with an ear Catching the notes of Philomel, — an eye...
Página 169 - Such as may make thee search thy coffers round, Before thou clothe my fancy in fit sound : Such where the deep transported mind may soar Above the wheeling poles, and at Heaven's door Look in, and see each blissful Deity How he before the thunderous throne doth lie...
Página 309 - 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.
Página 201 - And can I ever bid these joys farewell? Yes, I must pass them for a nobler life, Where I may find the agonies, the strife Of human hearts: for lo!
Página 199 - Why so sad a moan? Life is the rose's hope while yet unblown; The reading of an ever-changing tale; The light uplifting of a maiden's veil; A pigeon tumbling in clear summer air; A laughing school-boy, without grief or care, Riding the springy branches of an elm.
Página 166 - Shakespeare OTHERS abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask — Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. For the loftiest hill, Who to the stars uncrowns his majesty, Planting his steadfast footsteps in the sea, Making the heaven of heavens his dwelling-place, Spares but the cloudy border of his base To the foil'd searching of mortality; And thou, who didst the stars and sunbeams know, Self-school'd, self-scann'd, self-honour'd, self-secure, Didst tread on earth unguess'd at.
Página 197 - The morning precious: beauty was awake! Why were ye not awake? But ye were dead To things ye knew not of, — were closely wed To musty laws lined out with wretched rule And compass vile: so that ye taught a school Of dolts to smooth, inlay, and clip, and fit, Till, like the certain wands of Jacob's wit, Their verses tallied. Easy was the task: A thousand handicraftsmen wore the mask Of Poesy.
Página 251 - The year's at the spring And day's at the morn; Morning's at seven; The hill-side's dew-pearled; The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: God's in his heaven — All's right with the world!
Página 229 - Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; 11.