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... afterward placed , and the speech which he utters , are full of that solemn and awful sublimity , which is so peculiarly suited to the subject . Dim , and in tears he stood , and he outstretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he ...
... afterward placed , and the speech which he utters , are full of that solemn and awful sublimity , which is so peculiarly suited to the subject . Dim , and in tears he stood , and he outstretched his pale hand over the hero . Faintly he ...
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... afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines whica he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versification . In the morning , he ...
... afterward , the earth for men , the Almighty master . Cadmon then awoke ; and he was not only able to repeat the lines whica he had made in his sleep , but he continued them in a strain of admirable versification . In the morning , he ...
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Abraham Mills. tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest solicitation of the ab- bess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are told that he was ...
Abraham Mills. tomed to hear . He afterward yielded to the earnest solicitation of the ab- bess Hilda , and became a monk of her house ; and she ordered him to transfer into verse the whole of the sacred history . We are told that he was ...
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... afterward re- moved to Durham , where they were allowed in uninterrupted quiet to repose . The literary productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among which were a translation of the ...
... afterward re- moved to Durham , where they were allowed in uninterrupted quiet to repose . The literary productions of Bede were very numerous , comprising no less than forty - four distinct works , among which were a translation of the ...
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... afterward rose to eminence in their own country . With some of these he there formed an intimacy which continued through life . Having obtained his doctor's degree at the University , Bacon returned to England , and soon after , in 1240 ...
... afterward rose to eminence in their own country . With some of these he there formed an intimacy which continued through life . Having obtained his doctor's degree at the University , Bacon returned to England , and soon after , in 1240 ...
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Page 493 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 310 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse : was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honourable man.
Page 490 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 478 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres ! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time ; And let the base of Heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 316 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 483 - Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy th
Page 303 - To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life; For who would bear the whips and scorns of time.
Page 477 - And, though the shady Gloom Had given Day her room, The Sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need : He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning axletree could bear.
Page 310 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 478 - For if such holy song Enwrap our fancy long, Time will run back, and fetch the age of gold, And speckled Vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous Sin will melt from earthly mould, And Hell itself will pass away, And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day.