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... writers of various dates from Alfred down to the Reformation . Let the student read these older writers , pencil in hand , taking careful note of the changes in the grammatical forms , and let him care- fully compare the notes made on ...
... writers of various dates from Alfred down to the Reformation . Let the student read these older writers , pencil in hand , taking careful note of the changes in the grammatical forms , and let him care- fully compare the notes made on ...
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... writers . At first the advice of a qualified tutor may be of service , but as the stu- dent gains experience he will soon recognise the points to which his attention ought chiefly to be di- rected ; and he will find that there is still ...
... writers . At first the advice of a qualified tutor may be of service , but as the stu- dent gains experience he will soon recognise the points to which his attention ought chiefly to be di- rected ; and he will find that there is still ...
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... writers whose works constitute English literature . For the great majority of these authors it is sufficient to know the period at which they flourished , and the subjects on which they wrote . But in the case of the more im- portant ...
... writers whose works constitute English literature . For the great majority of these authors it is sufficient to know the period at which they flourished , and the subjects on which they wrote . But in the case of the more im- portant ...
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... writers as well as poets , is at present one of the great wants of our literature . The amount of historical ... writer's importance , the student will ascertain how far his knowledge extends , and where it is deficient . A small text ...
... writers as well as poets , is at present one of the great wants of our literature . The amount of historical ... writer's importance , the student will ascertain how far his knowledge extends , and where it is deficient . A small text ...
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... writers , and to know what the great critical authorities have thought of them . The opinions of others he will find in the text - books already named ; and at greater length , and usually with a little exag- geration in tone , in the ...
... writers , and to know what the great critical authorities have thought of them . The opinions of others he will find in the text - books already named ; and at greater length , and usually with a little exag- geration in tone , in the ...
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الصفحة 58 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
الصفحة 138 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
الصفحة 120 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless...
الصفحة 144 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it ; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
الصفحة 59 - Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
الصفحة 7 - Historical and Critical Commentary on the Old Testament; with a New Translation.
الصفحة 135 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
الصفحة 137 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
الصفحة 133 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
الصفحة 152 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.