Outline History of English and American Literature: For Use in Colleges and SchoolsAmerican Book Company, 1900 - 552 pages |
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... nature are evident . Courage , truthfulness , and loyalty to chieftain and comrades are the virtues glorified in song from " Beowulf " to the " Battle of Maldon , " as well as recognition of the duty of the leader to protect his people ...
... nature are evident . Courage , truthfulness , and loyalty to chieftain and comrades are the virtues glorified in song from " Beowulf " to the " Battle of Maldon , " as well as recognition of the duty of the leader to protect his people ...
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... nature's qualities , absence of artificiality , conceit , and affectation . QUESTIONS What traits have been contributed by the Saxon and the Celt re- spectively to the English character ? What qualities to the literature ? Show by ...
... nature's qualities , absence of artificiality , conceit , and affectation . QUESTIONS What traits have been contributed by the Saxon and the Celt re- spectively to the English character ? What qualities to the literature ? Show by ...
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... nature . Wace ( 1120 ? -1180 ? ) , sometimes called Robert Wace , although the subject of an English king , can hardly be called an Englishman at all . He was born in the isle of Jersey , and received from Henry II . a prebend 34 ...
... nature . Wace ( 1120 ? -1180 ? ) , sometimes called Robert Wace , although the subject of an English king , can hardly be called an Englishman at all . He was born in the isle of Jersey , and received from Henry II . a prebend 34 ...
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... skill . Any one who will memorize the first forty lines of the prologue must confess that his ear was unrivaled . His great merit lies in his powers of obser- vation , in his love of outdoor nature , in 52 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE ·
... skill . Any one who will memorize the first forty lines of the prologue must confess that his ear was unrivaled . His great merit lies in his powers of obser- vation , in his love of outdoor nature , in 52 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE ·
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... nature , in the simplicity and straightforwardness of his language , and in his wit and humor . His characters are admirably discriminated , and are so lifelike that we are led to believe them drawn from living originals . Though the ...
... nature , in the simplicity and straightforwardness of his language , and in his wit and humor . His characters are admirably discriminated , and are so lifelike that we are led to believe them drawn from living originals . Though the ...
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Page 211 - CYRIAC, this three years' day, these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman.
Page 467 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Page 339 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...
Page 168 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright.
Page 156 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 179 - 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. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die.
Page 509 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Page 339 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life — 'Tis we, who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife, And in mad trance strike with our spirit's knife Invulnerable nothings.
Page 213 - Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, , Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 508 - Fifty-five! This morning the parson takes a drive. Now, small boys, get out of the way! Here comes the wonderful one-hoss shay, Drawn by a rat-tailed, ewe-necked bay. "Huddup!" said the parson. Off went they. The parson was working his Sunday's text, Had got to fifthly, and stopped perplexed At what the -Moses - was coming next. All at once the horse stood still, Close by the meet'n'-house on the hill First a shiver, and then a thrill, Then something decidedly like a spill.