The Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1Harper, 1858 - English literature |
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... born at Harpham , in Northumberland , near the middle of the seventh century . The evidence of genius which he early evinced , attracting the attention of the Archbishop of Canterbury , he was instructed in the learned languages by that ...
... born at Harpham , in Northumberland , near the middle of the seventh century . The evidence of genius which he early evinced , attracting the attention of the Archbishop of Canterbury , he was instructed in the learned languages by that ...
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... authorship graced the royal state , without interfering with its proper duties . ILFRED was the sixth king of the Saxon dynasty , and was born in 848 , After a life of fifty - three years in extent 26 [ LECT . L KING ALFRED . KING ALFRED.
... authorship graced the royal state , without interfering with its proper duties . ILFRED was the sixth king of the Saxon dynasty , and was born in 848 , After a life of fifty - three years in extent 26 [ LECT . L KING ALFRED . KING ALFRED.
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... descended from an ancient and honorable family , and was born at Ilchester , Somersetshire , in 1214 , four years before the amiable but weak Henry the Third ascended the throne . His 34 [ LECT . 1 ROGER BACON . ROGER BACON.
... descended from an ancient and honorable family , and was born at Ilchester , Somersetshire , in 1214 , four years before the amiable but weak Henry the Third ascended the throne . His 34 [ LECT . 1 ROGER BACON . ROGER BACON.
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... born at Wickliffe , Yorkshire , in 1324. He early entered Queen's College , Oxford , but soon after removed to Merton College in the same university , because the scholastic theology which at that time prevailed in the latter ...
... born at Wickliffe , Yorkshire , in 1324. He early entered Queen's College , Oxford , but soon after removed to Merton College in the same university , because the scholastic theology which at that time prevailed in the latter ...
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... born in the city of London , in 1328 , one year after that eminent monarch , Edward the Third , ascended the English throne . He entered the university of Cambridge in the sixteenth year of his age , and during that part of his ...
... born in the city of London , in 1328 , one year after that eminent monarch , Edward the Third , ascended the English throne . He entered the university of Cambridge in the sixteenth year of his age , and during that part of his ...
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Page 493 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by 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 310 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Page 490 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 478 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 316 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 483 - Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th
Page 303 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time.
Page 477 - And, though the shady Gloom Had given Day her room, The Sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need : He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear.
Page 310 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 478 - For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold, And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould, And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.