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... hands of few . In the Summary of Modern Literature which fills the Third Part , more frequent and sustained efforts are made to arouse reflection , both by occasional remarks on the relations between intellectual culture and the other ...
... hands of few . In the Summary of Modern Literature which fills the Third Part , more frequent and sustained efforts are made to arouse reflection , both by occasional remarks on the relations between intellectual culture and the other ...
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... hand , having much faith in the vigour of youthful intelligence , and a strong desire to aid in the right guidance of youth- ful feeling , I have not shrunk from availing myself freely of the op- portunities , furnished profusely by a ...
... hand , having much faith in the vigour of youthful intelligence , and a strong desire to aid in the right guidance of youth- ful feeling , I have not shrunk from availing myself freely of the op- portunities , furnished profusely by a ...
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... hands of few . In the Summary of Modern Literature which fills the Third Part , more fre- quent and sustained efforts are made to arouse reflection , both by occasional remarks on the relations between intellectual culture and the other ...
... hands of few . In the Summary of Modern Literature which fills the Third Part , more fre- quent and sustained efforts are made to arouse reflection , both by occasional remarks on the relations between intellectual culture and the other ...
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... hand , two of the four men , whose names hold decisively the highest places in the literary roll of our ancient ancestry , gave the benefit of their talents to foreign lands . England retained Bede and Alfred ; but she lost Alcuin and ...
... hand , two of the four men , whose names hold decisively the highest places in the literary roll of our ancient ancestry , gave the benefit of their talents to foreign lands . England retained Bede and Alfred ; but she lost Alcuin and ...
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... , if called forth at all by the wars with the Britons or with the earlier Danish in- vaders , have not reached our hands . Our only other specimens of the kind belong to the tenth century , which 40 THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES .
... , if called forth at all by the wars with the Britons or with the earlier Danish in- vaders , have not reached our hands . Our only other specimens of the kind belong to the tenth century , which 40 THE ANGLO - SAXON TIMES .
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Page 344 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Page 70 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous Ring and Glass, And of the wondrous Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar King did ride; And if aught else great Bards beside, In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of Tourneys and of Trophies hung; Of Forests, and enchantments drear, Wh'ere more is meant than meets the ear.
Page 270 - In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.
Page 269 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Page 330 - Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try And hard Unkindness...
Page 230 - ... nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.
Page 235 - I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 346 - Oh, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, Oh, how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Page 344 - ... bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 208 - ... faintness begin to stand and to rest himself; if the moon should wander from her beaten way, the times and seasons of the year blend themselves by disordered and confused mixture, the winds breathe out their last gasp, the clouds yield no rain, the earth be defeated of heavenly influence, the fruits of the earth pine away as children at the withered breasts of their mother no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, whom these things now do all serve ? See we not plainly...