A history of English literature for junior classesWilliam Collins, 1881 - 253 pages |
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... Lords , that be now here , If you will listen and learn All the story of England As Robert Mannyng found it written , And in English has it showed , Not for the learned , but for the rude , For those that are in this land Who know ...
... Lords , that be now here , If you will listen and learn All the story of England As Robert Mannyng found it written , And in English has it showed , Not for the learned , but for the rude , For those that are in this land Who know ...
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... LORD'S PRAYER . " Oure fadir that art in hevenes , Halowid be thi name , Thi kyngdom come to . Be thi wille don in erthe , as in hevene . Geve to us this day our breed ovir other substaunce . geve us our dettes as we forgiven our ...
... LORD'S PRAYER . " Oure fadir that art in hevenes , Halowid be thi name , Thi kyngdom come to . Be thi wille don in erthe , as in hevene . Geve to us this day our breed ovir other substaunce . geve us our dettes as we forgiven our ...
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... Lord Chancellor of England . He was kind and gentle in character , and the King ( Henry VIII . ) was very fond of him , so long as their opinions were the same . But More was an earnest Catholic , and could neither approve of Henry's ...
... Lord Chancellor of England . He was kind and gentle in character , and the King ( Henry VIII . ) was very fond of him , so long as their opinions were the same . But More was an earnest Catholic , and could neither approve of Henry's ...
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... LORD BERNERS , the translator of Froissart's Chronicle - a book full of lively interest , relating to the times of chivalry . CHAPTER IV . THE POETS - FROM THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH TILL THE RESTORATION . A.D. 1558-1660 . Causes for ...
... LORD BERNERS , the translator of Froissart's Chronicle - a book full of lively interest , relating to the times of chivalry . CHAPTER IV . THE POETS - FROM THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH TILL THE RESTORATION . A.D. 1558-1660 . Causes for ...
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... Lord Grey de Wilton , the new lieutenant of Ireland , to which country the poet now proceeded . Afterwards he received from the Queen a grant of the lands of Kilcolman , near Cork , on condition that he should live there . These lands ...
... Lord Grey de Wilton , the new lieutenant of Ireland , to which country the poet now proceeded . Afterwards he received from the Queen a grant of the lands of Kilcolman , near Cork , on condition that he should live there . These lands ...
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Page 50 - Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad ; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds...
Page 92 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood. Robed in the sable garb of woe. With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page 107 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 48 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! In this place ran Cassius...
Page 147 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden, saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 186 - Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Page 49 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors...
Page 27 - The turtle to her make hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs : The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Page 53 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.
Page 69 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's Great Author rise...