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... received from letters much of direct aid , in respect both of the materials which compose its lessons , and of the means which are used for their communica- tion . But those intellectual pursuits , which do not ultimately aim at this ...
... received from letters much of direct aid , in respect both of the materials which compose its lessons , and of the means which are used for their communica- tion . But those intellectual pursuits , which do not ultimately aim at this ...
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... received corporate privileges from the popes , and is honorably cominemo- rated as having repeatedly given valiant aid in the defence of the city . Alfred is said to have sent alms every year to Rome , receiving , in return , not only ...
... received corporate privileges from the popes , and is honorably cominemo- rated as having repeatedly given valiant aid in the defence of the city . Alfred is said to have sent alms every year to Rome , receiving , in return , not only ...
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... received very many foreigners . Thus , in the seventh century , the most active promoters of erudi- tion among the Anglo - Saxons were the Abbot Adrian , an African sent from Naples , and the Archbishop Theodore , a native of Tarsus ...
... received very many foreigners . Thus , in the seventh century , the most active promoters of erudi- tion among the Anglo - Saxons were the Abbot Adrian , an African sent from Naples , and the Archbishop Theodore , a native of Tarsus ...
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... received numerous metrical contributions of a different class . The distant echoes of the heathen past had almost ... receiving some education , was enrolled among ANGLO - SAXON POETRY . 41.
... received numerous metrical contributions of a different class . The distant echoes of the heathen past had almost ... receiving some education , was enrolled among ANGLO - SAXON POETRY . 41.
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... receiving some education , was enrolled among the monks , and spent the remainder of his life in writing religious poetry . His dream - song , preserved by Alfred , is more coherent than Coleridge's verses of similar origin , but has ...
... receiving some education , was enrolled among the monks , and spent the remainder of his life in writing religious poetry . His dream - song , preserved by Alfred , is more coherent than Coleridge's verses of similar origin , but has ...
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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...