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Page 139
... poets and prose- writers , no nation has on the whole written so much and so well . " The first part of this sentence makes an assertion of very doubtful truth ; the second part is too much to the tune of Rule Britannia . Both parts ...
... poets and prose- writers , no nation has on the whole written so much and so well . " The first part of this sentence makes an assertion of very doubtful truth ; the second part is too much to the tune of Rule Britannia . Both parts ...
Page 141
... poem marks the close of the religious influence of the friars . They had been attacked before in a poem of 1320 ; but in this poem there is not a word said against them . It is true , the author living far in the country may not have ...
... poem marks the close of the religious influence of the friars . They had been attacked before in a poem of 1320 ; but in this poem there is not a word said against them . It is true , the author living far in the country may not have ...
Page 142
... poems , full of charm . They sing of spring - time with its blossoms , of the woods ringing with the thrush and nightingale , of the flowers and the seemly sun , of country work , of the woes and joy of love , and many other delightful ...
... poems , full of charm . They sing of spring - time with its blossoms , of the woods ringing with the thrush and nightingale , of the flowers and the seemly sun , of country work , of the woes and joy of love , and many other delightful ...
Page 143
... poems , and feel with kindliness towards the baser and ruder sort . He never sneers , for he had a wide charity ... poets . He lived thus a double life , in and out of the world , but never a gloomy For he was fond of mirth and good ...
... poems , and feel with kindliness towards the baser and ruder sort . He never sneers , for he had a wide charity ... poets . He lived thus a double life , in and out of the world , but never a gloomy For he was fond of mirth and good ...
Page 145
... poets ; he is not altogether , nor even eminently , an artist . In the fifth chapter we reach Milton . Mr. Stop- ford Brooke characterises Milton's poems well , when VOL . IV . L he speaks of " their majestic movement , their grand v ...
... poets ; he is not altogether , nor even eminently , an artist . In the fifth chapter we reach Milton . Mr. Stop- ford Brooke characterises Milton's poems well , when VOL . IV . L he speaks of " their majestic movement , their grand v ...
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Page 19 - Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 57 - We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.
Page 203 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 423 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 48 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 158 - A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.
Page 421 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 315 - ... the power of conduct, the power of intellect and knowledge, the power of beauty, and the power of social life and manners...
Page 203 - Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt spur, or the laying of a sword upon his shoulder to stir him up both by his counsel and his arm, to secure and protect the weakness of any attempted chastity.
Page 423 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun...