A Biographical History of English Literature: Being an Elementary Introduction to the Greater English WritersW. & R.Chambers, 1879 |
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... mind , and he soon lost his senses , and died . ( 6 ) Hark ! ' tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge , that with its weari . some but needful length bestrides the wintry flood , in which the moon sees her unwrinkled face reflected ...
... mind , and he soon lost his senses , and died . ( 6 ) Hark ! ' tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge , that with its weari . some but needful length bestrides the wintry flood , in which the moon sees her unwrinkled face reflected ...
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... Mind . The word wit ( the root of wit - an , to know ) , has been gradually narrowing its meaning for the last seven centuries . The first meaning seems to have been perception ; then mind and mental power ; next ability ; then the ...
... Mind . The word wit ( the root of wit - an , to know ) , has been gradually narrowing its meaning for the last seven centuries . The first meaning seems to have been perception ; then mind and mental power ; next ability ; then the ...
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... . The whole is merely a clever mosaic of strong or of highly - coloured phrases ; a self - consistent idea of the character was not present in Dryden's mind . 66 21. But Wordsworth , who was much nearer in feeling CHAUCER . 61.
... . The whole is merely a clever mosaic of strong or of highly - coloured phrases ; a self - consistent idea of the character was not present in Dryden's mind . 66 21. But Wordsworth , who was much nearer in feeling CHAUCER . 61.
Side 92
... mind to have a public acknowledgment that he was right ; and in 1534 he invented an oath , to be taken by all the king's servants , declaring his marriage with Catherine of Arragon invalid . This oath was taken by all present and past ...
... mind to have a public acknowledgment that he was right ; and in 1534 he invented an oath , to be taken by all the king's servants , declaring his marriage with Catherine of Arragon invalid . This oath was taken by all present and past ...
Side 99
... mind that eild 4 aye follows youth ; Death follows life with gaping mouth , Devouring fruit and flouring 5 grain And endly joye returns in pain . 1 Above this , in our version , more . 2 Recompence , we have repay . 3 Into the theves ...
... mind that eild 4 aye follows youth ; Death follows life with gaping mouth , Devouring fruit and flouring 5 grain And endly joye returns in pain . 1 Above this , in our version , more . 2 Recompence , we have repay . 3 Into the theves ...
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alliteration appeared beauty beginning better born called century CHAPTER character Chaucer chief Church comes common Compare death died Dryden England English example expression eyes face father feeling following notes four French give given greatest Greek hand head heart Hence Italy John kind king known lady language Latin learned leave light lines literature lived London look Lord meaning Milton mind nature never night original passage person phrase play poem poet poetry poor Pope Prepare present prose published Queen rhyme says seems seen sense Shakspeare short song soul sound Spenser story style sweet things thou thought translation true turn verse whole word Wordsworth write written wrote