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... laws . This was the first English school - book of Natural Science , and it remained for centuries the chief book of that kind used in English schools . The greatest of Bede's works was his " Ecclesiastical History of the English People ...
... laws . This was the first English school - book of Natural Science , and it remained for centuries the chief book of that kind used in English schools . The greatest of Bede's works was his " Ecclesiastical History of the English People ...
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... law . But the great body of the English people still spoke their own language , so that at first there were two streams , as it were , running side by side , the smaller of Norman - French and the larger of First English . By degrees ...
... law . But the great body of the English people still spoke their own language , so that at first there were two streams , as it were , running side by side , the smaller of Norman - French and the larger of First English . By degrees ...
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... law . But at length a change came . The misrule of King Richard caused a Commission of Regency to be appointed to inquire into the way the affairs of government had been carried on ; and one of the first acts of the commission was to ...
... law . But at length a change came . The misrule of King Richard caused a Commission of Regency to be appointed to inquire into the way the affairs of government had been carried on ; and one of the first acts of the commission was to ...
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... law ; and the weather - browned , west country sailor ; and the wife of Bath , with her broad hat and scarlet stockings ; and the sturdy miller in his white coat ; and the merchant , with his forked beard and high peaked hat , mounted ...
... law ; and the weather - browned , west country sailor ; and the wife of Bath , with her broad hat and scarlet stockings ; and the sturdy miller in his white coat ; and the merchant , with his forked beard and high peaked hat , mounted ...
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... law was then passed called the " Statute of Labourers . " By this law labourers were compelled to work for the same wages which they had two years before the black death came ; and they were also forbidden to leave the parish in which ...
... law was then passed called the " Statute of Labourers . " By this law labourers were compelled to work for the same wages which they had two years before the black death came ; and they were also forbidden to leave the parish in which ...
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Page 249 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 244 - Unsavoury in the enjoyment of itself ; If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers on the stalk with languished head. Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown. In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the housewife's wool.
Page 263 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Page 243 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness...
Page 248 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 287 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 342 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.
Page 220 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the evensong; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. » We have short time to stay as you; We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you or anything. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 466 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 486 - They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam ; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.