A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper ... |
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... Writings .. 329 Friendship of Marvell and Milton .. Milton 285 The Study of Natural Philosophy fa- 286 vorable to Religion ... 330 His Poetry - The Emigrants 286 Discrimination necessary in Reading The Nymph complaining for the Death of ...
... Writings .. 329 Friendship of Marvell and Milton .. Milton 285 The Study of Natural Philosophy fa- 286 vorable to Religion ... 330 His Poetry - The Emigrants 286 Discrimination necessary in Reading The Nymph complaining for the Death of ...
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... Writings .. 403 Veni Creator Spiritus 349 The Dream 404 Enjoyment of the Present Hour re- The Death of his Father .. 405 commended 350 The Strength of True Love ·· 405 His Prose Works . 351 The Blind restored to Sight 407 Shakspeare ...
... Writings .. 403 Veni Creator Spiritus 349 The Dream 404 Enjoyment of the Present Hour re- The Death of his Father .. 405 commended 350 The Strength of True Love ·· 405 His Prose Works . 351 The Blind restored to Sight 407 Shakspeare ...
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... writings still extant , though very many were burnt both before and after his death by order of the Pope , is truly astonishing . Most of these now exist in manuscript , in the public libraries in England and Ireland , and some in the ...
... writings still extant , though very many were burnt both before and after his death by order of the Pope , is truly astonishing . Most of these now exist in manuscript , in the public libraries in England and Ireland , and some in the ...
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... writings , however , with scarcely an exception , remained in the obscurity of manuscript , till the beginning of the last century ; but his fame since then has been continually rising . His chief poems are THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE ...
... writings , however , with scarcely an exception , remained in the obscurity of manuscript , till the beginning of the last century ; but his fame since then has been continually rising . His chief poems are THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE ...
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... writings , to wound the nicest sense of mo- desty , or to degrade the dignity of poetry . To crown all , he had the highest reverence for religion , and the Scriptures were equally his consolation and delight : by these he strengthened ...
... writings , to wound the nicest sense of mo- desty , or to degrade the dignity of poetry . To crown all , he had the highest reverence for religion , and the Scriptures were equally his consolation and delight : by these he strengthened ...
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Page 638 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name- of my God in vain.
Page 596 - THE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient...
Page 352 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes any thing, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation : he was naturally learned ; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature ; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Page 752 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee, slow, away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Page 161 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 243 - Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas? For neither were ye playing on the steep, Where your old bards, the famous Druids, lie, Nor on the shaggy top of Mona high, Nor yet where Deva spreads her wizard stream: 55 Ay me, I fondly dream! Had ye been there: for what could that have done?
Page 597 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Page 649 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 137 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forc'd me Out of thy honest truth to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell $ And,— when I am forgotten, as I shall be ; And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, — say, I taught thee...
Page 394 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.