Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time; Together with Definitions, Notes, Analyses, and Glossary as an Aid to Systematic Literary StudyHarper, 1880 - 638 páginas |
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... light II . his envy's reach : that is , the reach 30. royal , a complimentary term to in- of his malice . 21. remorse , relenting . 23. where whereas . 25. loose , release . 30. Enow = enough . dicate the wealth and power of Antonio ...
... light II . his envy's reach : that is , the reach 30. royal , a complimentary term to in- of his malice . 21. remorse , relenting . 23. where whereas . 25. loose , release . 30. Enow = enough . dicate the wealth and power of Antonio ...
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... light or heavy in the substance ,. Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple - nay , if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair- Thou diest , and all thy goods are confiscate . Gratiano . A second Daniel , a ...
... light or heavy in the substance ,. Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple - nay , if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair- Thou diest , and all thy goods are confiscate . Gratiano . A second Daniel , a ...
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... light , and whetteth his wits as 145 against a stone , which itself cuts not . In a word , a man were better relate himself to a statua * or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother . * 8. Add now , to make this second ...
... light , and whetteth his wits as 145 against a stone , which itself cuts not . In a word , a man were better relate himself to a statua * or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother . * 8. Add now , to make this second ...
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... light is ever the best . " And certain it is that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment , which is ever infused 155 and drenched in his ...
... light is ever the best . " And certain it is that the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment , which is ever infused 155 and drenched in his ...
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... light and gay crea- tions , even had his genius been more flexible and sportive . But his poetry , though habitually serious , is always healthful and bright and vigorous . It has no gloom . He took no pleasure in drawing dark pictures ...
... light and gay crea- tions , even had his genius been more flexible and sportive . But his poetry , though habitually serious , is always healthful and bright and vigorous . It has no gloom . He took no pleasure in drawing dark pictures ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Absalom and Achitophel Addison Analyze this sentence Anglo-Saxon beauty Brutus Cæsar called character Cratchit death divine Dryden earth Edward the Confessor English Etymology Explain expression eyes feelings figure of speech fire genius George Eliot give grace Grammatical construction Greek hand hath hear heart heaven honor Hudibras human humor INTRODUCTION.-The Julius Cæsar kind of sentence king L'Allegro language learned LITERARY ANALYSIS living look Lord meaning ment metaphor Milton mind muse nature never night o'er Observe Odenathus paragraph phrase pleasure pleonasm poem poet poetry Point Pope rhetorically Roger de Coverley Scrooge sense sentence grammatically Shakespeare Shylock simile Sir Launfal Sir Roger soul sound spirit stanza style Supply the ellipsis sweet synecdoche synonyms tence thee things thou thought Tiny Tim tion truth verb walk whole words writing Zenobia
Pasajes populares
Página 345 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 296 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. VII. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years
Página 215 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 517 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. [The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.
Página 50 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 11 - But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar; I found it in his closet; 'tis his will: Let but the commons hear this testament — Which pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins in his sacred blood, Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, ' Bequeathing it as a rich legacy Unto their issue.
Página 503 - Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan, And he shakes his feeble head, That it seems as if he said, "They are gone.
Página 293 - No more shall grief of mine the season wrong: I hear the echoes through the mountains throng, The winds come to me from the fields of sleep, And all the earth is gay; Land and sea Give themselves up to jollity, And with the heart of May Doth every beast keep holiday; — Thou child of joy...
Página 321 - Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet?— God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Página 202 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.