A first sketch of English literature. With suppl. to the end of queen Victoria's reign1912 |
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... not dramatic , written in that measure . It is also the only example before Milton's " Paradise Lost " of an English poem of any TO A.D. 1578 ] GEORGE GASCOIGNE . PHILIP SIDNEY 371 370 A FIRST sketch of ENGLISH LITERATURE ( A.D. 1572.
... not dramatic , written in that measure . It is also the only example before Milton's " Paradise Lost " of an English poem of any TO A.D. 1578 ] GEORGE GASCOIGNE . PHILIP SIDNEY 371 370 A FIRST sketch of ENGLISH LITERATURE ( A.D. 1572.
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... Milton's birth— Bacon obtained the clerkship of the Star Chamber , worth £ 1,600 or £ 2,000 a year , of which the reversion had been given him in 1589. In 1612 appeared , in November or December , Bacon's Second Edition of the Essays ...
... Milton's birth— Bacon obtained the clerkship of the Star Chamber , worth £ 1,600 or £ 2,000 a year , of which the reversion had been given him in 1589. In 1612 appeared , in November or December , Bacon's Second Edition of the Essays ...
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... Milton his lines on the death of Hobson , the University carrier . 30. John Milton was seventeen years old at the end of James's reign , and we may now pass with him into the reign of Charles I. He was born in Bread Street , Cheapside ...
... Milton his lines on the death of Hobson , the University carrier . 30. John Milton was seventeen years old at the end of James's reign , and we may now pass with him into the reign of Charles I. He was born in Bread Street , Cheapside ...
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... Milton was a schoolboy at St. Paul's from 1620 until a few months before the close of the reign of James I. His father too readily encouraged the boy's eagerness for study ; he had teaching at home as well as at school , suffered ...
... Milton was a schoolboy at St. Paul's from 1620 until a few months before the close of the reign of James I. His father too readily encouraged the boy's eagerness for study ; he had teaching at home as well as at school , suffered ...
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Henry Morley. JOHN MILTON . BEN JONSON 535 TO A.D. 1625 ] Milton's sister , Anne , married Mr. Edward Phillips , of the Crown Office in Chancery . In February , 1625 , John Milton was admitted at Christ's College , Cambridge , aged two ...
Henry Morley. JOHN MILTON . BEN JONSON 535 TO A.D. 1625 ] Milton's sister , Anne , married Mr. Edward Phillips , of the Crown Office in Chancery . In February , 1625 , John Milton was admitted at Christ's College , Cambridge , aged two ...
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Página 484 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Página 497 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página 314 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Página 818 - His can't be wrong whose life is in the right. In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankind's concern is charity : All must be false that thwart this one great end, And all of God that bless mankind or mend. Man, like the generous vine, supported lives ; The strength he gains is from th
Página 437 - I am as sorry as if the original fault had been my fault, because myself have seen his demeanour no less civil than he excellent in the quality he professes: besides, divers of worship have reported his uprightness of dealing which argues his honesty, and his facetious grace in writing, that approves his art.
Página 780 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Página 518 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 498 - Euripides, and Sophocles to us, Paccuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, To life again, to hear thy buskin tread, And shake a stage : or, when thy socks were on, Leave thee alone, for the comparison Of all that insolent Greece or haughty Rome Sent forth, or since did from their ashes come.
Página 354 - I bear them, so without measure misordered, that I think myself in hell, till time come that I must go to Mr.
Página 414 - At cards for kisses — Cupid paid; He stakes his quiver, bow and arrows, His mother's doves, and team of sparrows ; Loses them too; then down he throws The coral of his lip, the rose Growing on's cheek (but none knows how), With these, the crystal of his brow, And then the dimple of his chin ; All these did my Campaspe win. At last he set her both his eyes, She won, and Cupid blind did rise. O Love! has she done this to thee? What shall, alas! become of me?* THE SONGS OF BIRDS. WHAT bird so sings,...