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... afterwards developed into regular and beautiful dialects , was at first little better than a barbarous jargon . The language of ancient Rome , a highly inflected and complicated tongue , naturally lost all , or nearly all its ...
... afterwards developed into regular and beautiful dialects , was at first little better than a barbarous jargon . The language of ancient Rome , a highly inflected and complicated tongue , naturally lost all , or nearly all its ...
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... afterwards became abbot in place of Herluin ( A. D. 1078 ) . Most of his works were composed here , while he gained the highest reputation for piety , and taught diligently . On his second visit to England , in A. D. 1092 , the voice of ...
... afterwards became abbot in place of Herluin ( A. D. 1078 ) . Most of his works were composed here , while he gained the highest reputation for piety , and taught diligently . On his second visit to England , in A. D. 1092 , the voice of ...
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... afterwards the wife of John of Gaunt , and partly perhaps from sharing in some of the political and religious opinions of that powerful prince , Chaucer was identified to a considerable degree both with the household and party of the ...
... afterwards the wife of John of Gaunt , and partly perhaps from sharing in some of the political and religious opinions of that powerful prince , Chaucer was identified to a considerable degree both with the household and party of the ...
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... afterwards by a violent storm of thunder and rain , in which the knights and ladies in green are pitifully drenched ; while the white company shelter themselves under the laurel . The queen and ladies in white then comfort and refresh ...
... afterwards by a violent storm of thunder and rain , in which the knights and ladies in green are pitifully drenched ; while the white company shelter themselves under the laurel . The queen and ladies in white then comfort and refresh ...
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... it into French , and afterwards into English , " that every man of my nation may understand it . " Such is not the process † Wonder . * And . son , John of Gaunt . It was in the 54 [ CHAP . II . NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS .
... it into French , and afterwards into English , " that every man of my nation may understand it . " Such is not the process † Wonder . * And . son , John of Gaunt . It was in the 54 [ CHAP . II . NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS .
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Page 529 - Father, Thy hand Hath reared these venerable columns. Thou Didst weave this verdant roof. Thou didst look down Upon the naked earth, and forthwith rose All these fair ranks of trees. They in Thy sun Budded, and shook their green leaves in Thy breeze, And shot towards heaven. The centuryliving crow, Whose birth was in their tops, grew old and died Among their branches, till at last they stood, As now they stand, massy and tall and dark, Fit shrine for humble worshipper to hold Communion with his Maker.
Page 212 - ... sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes...
Page 454 - ... by night in places of interment. Some stalked slowly on, absorbed in profound reverie ; some, shrieking with agony, ran furiously about like tigers wounded with poisoned arrows ; whilst others, grinding their teeth in rage, foamed along more frantic than the wildest maniac. They all avoided each other ; and, though surrounded by a multitude that no one could number, each wandered at random unheedful of the rest, as if alone on a desert where no foot had trodden.
Page 267 - which you did me the honour to subscribe for.' — 'Oh,' said Bentley, 'ay, now I recollect — your translation: — it is a pretty poem, Mr. Pope; but you must not call it Homer?
Page 463 - We find in it the diligence, the accuracy, and the judgment of Hallam, united to the vivacity and the colouring of Southey. A history of England, written throughout in this manner, would be the most fascinating book in the language. It would be more in request at the circulating libraries than the last novel.
Page 127 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene ancient or modern with which I am acquainted.
Page 24 - French derivatives. 4. By using less inversion and ellipsis, especially in poetry. Of these, the second alone, I think, can be considered as sufficient to describe a new form of language ; and this was brought about so gradually, that we are not relieved of much of our difficulty as to whether some compositions shall pass for the latest offspring of the mother, or the earlier fruits of the daughter's fertility.
Page 52 - Women,' long ago Sung by the morning star of song, who made His music heard below; Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath Preluded those melodious bursts that fill The spacious times of great Elizabeth With sounds that echo still.
Page 313 - He then resumed the study of the Law, and was called to the bar in the Temple. Meeting with no professional success, he continued his career as a dramatic writer, producing a number of pieces exhibiting vivacity and carelessness rather than any depth of ability, and also took an active part in political controversy.
Page 50 - Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...