The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Volume 1J. B. Alden, 1883 - Biography |
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... political and social rank reached by indi vidual " merchant princes , " such as the wealthy William de la Pole , a descendant of whom is said ( though on unsatisfactory evidence ) to have been Chaucer's granddaughter , but the govern ...
... political and social rank reached by indi vidual " merchant princes , " such as the wealthy William de la Pole , a descendant of whom is said ( though on unsatisfactory evidence ) to have been Chaucer's granddaughter , but the govern ...
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... political factions of Edward the Third's reign , and by that part of its society with which Chaucer was more especially connected . But the multitude , whose turn , in truth , comes but rarely in the history of a nation , must every now ...
... political factions of Edward the Third's reign , and by that part of its society with which Chaucer was more especially connected . But the multitude , whose turn , in truth , comes but rarely in the history of a nation , must every now ...
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... political poems and songs preserved from the days of Edward II . , not a single one composed on English soil is written in French . Parliament was opened by an English speech in the year 1363 , and in the previous year the proceedings ...
... political poems and songs preserved from the days of Edward II . , not a single one composed on English soil is written in French . Parliament was opened by an English speech in the year 1363 , and in the previous year the proceedings ...
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... political power , the Norman nobles of Chaucer's time had lost something of the traditions of their order . Chivalry had not quite come to an end with the Crusaders ; but it was a difficult task to maintain all its laws , written and ...
... political power , the Norman nobles of Chaucer's time had lost something of the traditions of their order . Chivalry had not quite come to an end with the Crusaders ; but it was a difficult task to maintain all its laws , written and ...
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... political struggle of unequalled importance for the progress of our constitutional life . But in the Franciscans also the fourteenth century witnessed a change , which may be described as a gradual loss of the qualities for which they ...
... political struggle of unequalled importance for the progress of our constitutional life . But in the Franciscans also the fourteenth century witnessed a change , which may be described as a gradual loss of the qualities for which they ...
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Page 86 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 81 - Tread those reviving passions down, Unworthy manhood! — unto thee Indifferent should the smile or frown Of beauty be. If thou regret'st thy youth, why live? The land of honourable death Is here: — up to the field, and give Away thy breath! Seek out — less often sought than found — A soldier's grave, for thee the best; Then look around and choose thy ground, And take thy rest.
Page 36 - 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 116 - Yet, be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Page 66 - Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Page 120 - Near this spot Are deposited the Remains Of one Who Possessed Beauty Without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, And all the Virtues of Man Without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning flattery If inscribed over Human Ashes, Is but a just tribute to the Memory of "Boatswain," a Dog Who was born at Newfoundland, May, 1803, And died at Newstead Abbey Nov. 18, 1808.
Page 18 - OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best: There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But, day and night, my fancy's flight Is ever wi
Page 62 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 33 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Page 8 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...