The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Volume 1J. B. Alden, 1883 - Biography |
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... reason for removing the date of the composition of these lines to an earlier year than 1393 ; and poets as well as other men since Chaucer have spoken of themselves as old and obsolete at fifty . A similar remark might be made ...
... reason for removing the date of the composition of these lines to an earlier year than 1393 ; and poets as well as other men since Chaucer have spoken of themselves as old and obsolete at fifty . A similar remark might be made ...
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... reasons in favour of the date 1381 for the poem in question . Thus , backwards and forwards , the disputed points in Chaucer's biography and the question of his works are affected by one another . Chaucer's life , then , spans rather ...
... reasons in favour of the date 1381 for the poem in question . Thus , backwards and forwards , the disputed points in Chaucer's biography and the question of his works are affected by one another . Chaucer's life , then , spans rather ...
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... reasons why they so differed remain a matter of argument . In a dialogue , dated from the middle of the fourteenth century , the French inter- locutor attributes this difference to the respective national bever- ages : " We are ...
... reasons why they so differed remain a matter of argument . In a dialogue , dated from the middle of the fourteenth century , the French inter- locutor attributes this difference to the respective national bever- ages : " We are ...
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... reason bridled your delight ; ' Twas these did make ' bove every creatúre That I was yours , and shall while I may ' dure . " And if true affection under the law still secured the sympathy of the better - balanced part of society , so ...
... reason bridled your delight ; ' Twas these did make ' bove every creatúre That I was yours , and shall while I may ' dure . " And if true affection under the law still secured the sympathy of the better - balanced part of society , so ...
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... reason for the opinion which he communi- cated to the Monk : - --- " It is a noble pasture where thou go'st ; Thou art not like a penitent or ghost . ' In the Orders of nuns , certain corresponding features were becom- ing usual . But ...
... reason for the opinion which he communi- cated to the Monk : - --- " It is a noble pasture where thou go'st ; Thou art not like a penitent or ghost . ' In the Orders of nuns , certain corresponding features were becom- ing usual . But ...
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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...