The World's Cyclopedia of Biography, Volume 1J. B. Alden, 1883 - Biography |
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... tion than it gives . That Chaucer's contemporary , the poet Gower , should have referred to him in the year 1392 as now in his days old , " is at best a very vague sort of testimony , more especially as it is by mere conjecture that the ...
... tion than it gives . That Chaucer's contemporary , the poet Gower , should have referred to him in the year 1392 as now in his days old , " is at best a very vague sort of testimony , more especially as it is by mere conjecture that the ...
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... tion based upon the result of that year's poll - tax , the total number of the inhabitants of England seems to have been two millions and a half . A quarter of a century earlier - in the days of Chaucer's boyhood - their numbers had ...
... tion based upon the result of that year's poll - tax , the total number of the inhabitants of England seems to have been two millions and a half . A quarter of a century earlier - in the days of Chaucer's boyhood - their numbers had ...
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... renounce the proud posi- tion of a conquering power . In 1363 he had celebrated the com- pletion of his fiftieth year ; and three suppliant kings had at that time been gathered as satellites round the sun of his CHAUCER . 13.
... renounce the proud posi- tion of a conquering power . In 1363 he had celebrated the com- pletion of his fiftieth year ; and three suppliant kings had at that time been gathered as satellites round the sun of his CHAUCER . 13.
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... tion might be in the ascendant , and whatever direction the King's own sympathies may have originally taken , the last state of the peasantry was without doubt worse than the first . Wycliffism as an influence rapidly declined with the ...
... tion might be in the ascendant , and whatever direction the King's own sympathies may have originally taken , the last state of the peasantry was without doubt worse than the first . Wycliffism as an influence rapidly declined with the ...
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... the Church , severed these followers of his from its organism and brought about their suppression . The ques- tion as to Chaucer's own attitude towards the Wycliffite movement 99 " " will be more conveniently touched upon below 30 CHAUCER .
... the Church , severed these followers of his from its organism and brought about their suppression . The ques- tion as to Chaucer's own attitude towards the Wycliffite movement 99 " " will be more conveniently touched upon below 30 CHAUCER .
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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...