Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth ...F. Warne & Company, 1865 - 687 páginas |
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... rich colouring , whose tints belong to the truth of high art . Shakspere threw the scene with marvellous judgment into the obscure period of British history , when there was enough of fact to give precision to his painting , and enough ...
... rich colouring , whose tints belong to the truth of high art . Shakspere threw the scene with marvellous judgment into the obscure period of British history , when there was enough of fact to give precision to his painting , and enough ...
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... rich , and to be happy , rather than , through your want of exertion , to endure the contrary . ' Having thus addressed these , he advanced to the third body , and harangued them also , after this manner : ' You have heard what these ...
... rich , and to be happy , rather than , through your want of exertion , to endure the contrary . ' Having thus addressed these , he advanced to the third body , and harangued them also , after this manner : ' You have heard what these ...
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... rich porches , princely palaces , Large streets , brave houses , sacred sepulchres , Sure gates , sweet gardens , stately galleries , Wrought with fair pillars and fine imageries " - ye are fallen . Fire has consumed you ; earth is ...
... rich porches , princely palaces , Large streets , brave houses , sacred sepulchres , Sure gates , sweet gardens , stately galleries , Wrought with fair pillars and fine imageries " - ye are fallen . Fire has consumed you ; earth is ...
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... Rich conquest waits them : the tempestuous sea Of ignorance that ran so rough and high , And heeded not the voice of clashing swords , These good men humble by a few bare words , And calm with fear of God's divinity . " WORDSWORTH . The ...
... Rich conquest waits them : the tempestuous sea Of ignorance that ran so rough and high , And heeded not the voice of clashing swords , These good men humble by a few bare words , And calm with fear of God's divinity . " WORDSWORTH . The ...
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... rich silk pall , and as much incense as a strong man could carry on his shoulders , assuring him that he considered these as small things for a man of so much merit , and that hereafter he should have greater . Asser was subsequently ...
... rich silk pall , and as much incense as a strong man could carry on his shoulders , assuring him that he considered these as small things for a man of so much merit , and that hereafter he should have greater . Asser was subsequently ...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth Charles Knight Visualização integral - 1899 |
Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth Charles Knight Visualização integral - 1866 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Abbey ancient Anglo-Saxon archbishop Archbishop of Canterbury arms army barons battle battle of Hastings Becket bishop blood Bretwalda brother Cæsar called Canute castle cause chroniclers church commanded Conqueror conquest court crown Danes daughter death defeated duke earl Edward Edward the Confessor enemies English Enter father favour fear feudal force France French friends Gloucester Godwin hand Harold hast hath head heart heaven Henry II holy honour horse John King Henry king of England king of Scots king's kingdom knights land Lanfranc London lord Matilda monks Montfort never noble Norman Normandy oath peace person pope possession priest prince prisoner queen reign Ricola Robert Rochester Castle Roman Rome royal Rufus Saxon Scotland Scots sent slain soldiers soul Stephen sword thee Thomas à Becket thou throne took Tower town Tyrrel unto Wallace William William the Conqueror Winchester Wolfstan words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 478 - This story shall the good man teach his son ; And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered...
Página 452 - By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap, To pluck bright honour from the pale-fac'd moon ; Or dive into the bottom of the deep, Where fathom-line could never touch the ground, And pluck up drowne'd honour by the locks...
Página 566 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 356 - Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear...
Página 61 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Página 356 - The verse adorn again Fierce War, and faithful Love, And Truth severe, by fairy Fiction drest. In buskin'd measures move Pale Grief, and pleasing Pain, With Horror, tyrant of the throbbing breast. A voice as of the cherub-choir Gales from blooming Eden bear, And distant warblings lessen on my ear That lost in long futurity expire.
Página 354 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Página 568 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr...
Página 514 - I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many weeks ere the poor fools will...
Página 417 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king : The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.