The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Volume 1J. B. Alden, 1883 - Biography |
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... seems no sufficient 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 ...
... seems no sufficient 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 ...
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... seems to remain unshaken , that he was born about the year 1340 , or some time between that year and 1345 . Now , we possess a charming poem by Chaucer called the As- sembly of Fowls , elaborately courtly in its conception , and in its ...
... seems to remain unshaken , that he was born about the year 1340 , or some time between that year and 1345 . Now , we possess a charming poem by Chaucer called the As- sembly of Fowls , elaborately courtly in its conception , and in its ...
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... seem familiarly to haunt the banks of the his- toric river from Thames Street to Westminster , apparently num- bered ... seems to have derived those leading features which it so long retained , from the days when Chaucer , with downcast ...
... seem familiarly to haunt the banks of the his- toric river from Thames Street to Westminster , apparently num- bered ... seems to have derived those leading features which it so long retained , from the days when Chaucer , with downcast ...
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... seems to be unable to picture any army without it , and we find him relating how , from ancient Troy , " Hector and ... seem all but blind and deaf to the tempest as it rises , and bursts , and passes away . Many causes had concurred to ...
... seems to be unable to picture any army without it , and we find him relating how , from ancient Troy , " Hector and ... seem all but blind and deaf to the tempest as it rises , and bursts , and passes away . Many causes had concurred to ...
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... seems still to have continued the pedantic affectation of a profession for its members , like Chaucer's Man of Law , to introduce French law - terms into common conversation ; so that it is natural enough to find the Summoner following ...
... seems still to have continued the pedantic affectation of a profession for its members , like Chaucer's Man of Law , to introduce French law - terms into common conversation ; so that it is natural enough to find the Summoner following ...
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Page 88 - ... 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 83 - 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 38 - 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 118 - 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 68 - Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Page 122 - 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 20 - 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 64 - 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 35 - 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 10 - 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...