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... story through before another one gets the floor . Moreover , the twelve centuries of English literature are here broken into natural and manageable periods , as explained in the Introduction ; each of these periods is boldly marked off ...
... story through before another one gets the floor . Moreover , the twelve centuries of English literature are here broken into natural and manageable periods , as explained in the Introduction ; each of these periods is boldly marked off ...
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... story , even in the third century there was the poet with his staff of office , a square tablet staff , on the four sides of which he cut his verse ; and there were degrees in literature . There was the Ollamh , or perfect doctor , who ...
... story , even in the third century there was the poet with his staff of office , a square tablet staff , on the four sides of which he cut his verse ; and there were degrees in literature . There was the Ollamh , or perfect doctor , who ...
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... story to be told to him , then bade him go home , and turn them into verse . He returned next day with the work so well done , that his teachers became , in turn , his hearers . Hilda then counselled him to give up his occupations as a ...
... story to be told to him , then bade him go home , and turn them into verse . He returned next day with the work so well done , that his teachers became , in turn , his hearers . Hilda then counselled him to give up his occupations as a ...
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... story of creation and the fall of man , follows the Scripture story to the flood , and repre- sents with simple words the rush of waters , and the ark “ at large under the skies over the orb of ocean . " So he goes on , picturing ...
... story of creation and the fall of man , follows the Scripture story to the flood , and repre- sents with simple words the rush of waters , and the ark “ at large under the skies over the orb of ocean . " So he goes on , picturing ...
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... story of the power of God , who is able to lead those who put their faith in him unhurt through the midst of the great waters . And the next subject of the extant paraphrase is taken from the Book of Daniel , to show the same Power ...
... story of the power of God , who is able to lead those who put their faith in him unhurt through the midst of the great waters . And the next subject of the extant paraphrase is taken from the Book of Daniel , to show the same Power ...
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Page 312 - Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 465 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
Page 317 - ... bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. These pleasures, Melancholy, give; And I with thee will choose to live.
Page 348 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 131 - I defer to speak at this time and understood at the last not only that there was no room in my lord of London's palace to translate the new testament, but also that there was no place to do it in all England, as experience doth now openly declare.
Page 425 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support...
Page 278 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time!
Page 435 - I shall say the less of Mr. Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 386 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of highest wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close.
Page 123 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.