The Buried IdealSherman, French & Company, 1914 - 183 sider |
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Side 15
Charles Lawson. the dragon in his den , Beowulf , foreboding ill but ever careful of his comrades , bids them remain out of harm's way while he does " deeds of earl- ship , " and then , advancing single , addresses the dragon also , not ...
Charles Lawson. the dragon in his den , Beowulf , foreboding ill but ever careful of his comrades , bids them remain out of harm's way while he does " deeds of earl- ship , " and then , advancing single , addresses the dragon also , not ...
Side 16
... if regretful , may obtain them finely Englished - in prose for the small price of one dime , poetry at propor- tionately higher rates . We shall stick to the di- dactic . In short , then , the sword of Beowulf betrays 16 THE BURIED IDEAL.
... if regretful , may obtain them finely Englished - in prose for the small price of one dime , poetry at propor- tionately higher rates . We shall stick to the di- dactic . In short , then , the sword of Beowulf betrays 16 THE BURIED IDEAL.
Side 17
... Beowulf's life- blood wells forth in waves . But thane Wiglaf , heeding not the dragon's head or his own burnt hand , manages to smite the flaming foe a little lower ; his sword sinks in ; and the fire begins to fail . Through such ...
... Beowulf's life- blood wells forth in waves . But thane Wiglaf , heeding not the dragon's head or his own burnt hand , manages to smite the flaming foe a little lower ; his sword sinks in ; and the fire begins to fail . Through such ...
Side 20
... Beowulf and Wiglaf did not do full justice to the common members of that institution whereof they were part . Few institutions , truly , could have faced such saurian assault ; - and was not the bard determined anyhow to get his hero ...
... Beowulf and Wiglaf did not do full justice to the common members of that institution whereof they were part . Few institutions , truly , could have faced such saurian assault ; - and was not the bard determined anyhow to get his hero ...
Side 22
... Beowulf itself in any of the finer features which they both portray . But let the reader look and judge . In 991 A. D. a Danish army landed on the east- ern coasts of England and for some time plundered as they pleased . But on the ...
... Beowulf itself in any of the finer features which they both portray . But let the reader look and judge . In 991 A. D. a Danish army landed on the east- ern coasts of England and for some time plundered as they pleased . But on the ...
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activities ancient Anglo-Saxon appeal bard beautiful begin Beowulf better bond brotherhood chance chief chiefly Christianity command common Companions Companionship course Cynewulf Danish debt delight Democracy devo devotion diversion doubtless eral fact faith fear feeling Feudal System Feudalism friends generosity gift give good-nature grateful love gratitude Grendel happiness Heardred heart Heaven heavenly Heliand Hell hope Hrothgar human Hygelac ical idea of Duty ideal immoralist impersonal joyful keep kind king lack less ligion living look lord makeshift mankind matter means ment modern natural Nietzsche Nietzschean old English once opportunity overlord patriotism perhaps petrifaction philosophers possible practice praise present prince principles Public Opinion pure reader righteousness sake Saxon seems serfdom social social gospels society sort soul spect spirit strength Tacitus templed hills thane things tion truly virtue warrior Wiglaf word
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Side 151 - AND NO ONE SHALL WORK FOR MONEY, AND NO ONE SHALL WORK FOR FAME; BUT EACH FOR THE JOY OF THE WORKING AND EACH IN HIS SEPARATE STAR SHALL DRAW THE THING AS HE SEES IT FOR THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY ARE.
Side 52 - Hear, my lord," swore the vassal as kneeling bareheaded and without arms he placed his hands within those of his superior, "I become liege man of yours for life and limb and earthly regard; and I will keep faith and loyalty to you for life and death, God help me!
Side 102 - If a man love not his brother whom he hath seen how shall he love God whom he hath not seen ? There was a catch in that like a riddle.
Side 41 - There is angels' song; the bliss of the happy; there is the gracious presence of the Lord, brighter than the sun, for all the blessed ones; there is the love of the beloved; life without death's end; a gladsome host of men; youth without age; the glory of the heavenly chivalry; health without pain for righteous workers; and for souls sublime rest without toil; there is day without dark gloom, ever gloriously bright; bliss without bale; friendship 'twixt friends for ever without feud; peace without...
Side 57 - Or ounce, or tiger, hog, or bearded goat, All other parts remaining as they were ; And they, so perfect is their misery, Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget, To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty.
Side 61 - Then took they those whom they supposed to have any goods, both by night and by day, labouring men and women, and threw them into prison for their gold and silver, and inflicted on them unutterable tortures; for never were any martyrs so tortured as they were. Some they hanged up by the feet, and smoked them with foul smoke; and some by the thumbs, or by the head, and hung coats of mail on their feet.
Side 180 - What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil," Dostoevsky had written, "There is no good and bad.
Side 30 - Here, perhaps, is the key to Germanic success and the secret of Germanic supremacy. In war, indeed, of whatever kind the Germanic virtue of courage came to the front ; but in the comitatus courage was no more prominent than fidelity, loyalty, and truth. The sense of duty, the sense of standing and enduring for a principle, has 1 Who was this prince?
Side 41 - ... day without dark gloom, ever gloriously bright ; bliss without bale ; friendship ' twixt friends for ever without feud ; peace without enmity for the blest in heaven, in the communion of saints. Hunger is not there nor thirst, sleep, nor grievous sickness ; nor sun's heat, nor cold, nor care ; but there that blissful band, the fairest of all hosts, shall aye enjoy their Sovran's grace, and glory with their King.
Side 47 - Yea, thou didst shamefully pollute with guilt that body which I ransomed for Myself from the grasp of foes, and then forbade it sin. Why hast thou hanged Me worse on thy hands' cross than when of old I hung?