Englische studien: Organ für englische philologie unter mitberücksichtigung des englischen unterrichts auf höheren schulen ..., Volume 17

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Gebr. Henninger, 1892 - English philology

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Page 420 - I think Dr. Arbuthnot the first man among them. He was the most universal genius, being an excellent physician, a man of deep learning, and a man of much humour. Mr. Addison was, to be sure, a great man; his learning was not profound; but his morality, his humour, and his elegance of writing, set him very high.
Page 450 - Or view the Lord of the unerring bow, The God of life, and poesy, and light — The Sun in human limbs array'd, and brow All radiant from his triumph in the fight; The shaft hath just been shot — the arrow bright With an immortal's vengeance; in his eye And nostril beautiful disdain, and might, And majesty, flash their full lightnings by Developing in that one glance the Deity.
Page 102 - tis not done; the attempt and not the deed Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he slept I had done 't.
Page 452 - Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime — Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods, From Jove to Jesus — spared and blest by time; Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods His way through thorns to ashes — glorious dome ! Shalt thou not last? Time's scythe and tyrants' rods Shiver upon thee — sanctuary and home Of art and piety — Pantheon ! — pride of Rome ! CXLVII.
Page 318 - Thou power, That now art framing of the future world, Know'st all to come, not by the course of heaven, By frail conjectures of inferior signs, By monstrous floods, by flights and flocks of birds, By bowels of a sacrificed beast, Or by the figures of some hidden art ; But by a true and natural presage, Laying the ground and perfect architect Of all our actions now before thine eyes...
Page 325 - I shall be delighted to see you and your Greek friend, and the sooner the better. I have been expecting you for some time, — you will find me at home. I cannot express to you how much I feel interested in the cause, and nothing but the hopes I entertained of witnessing the liberation of Italy itself prevented me long ago from returning to do what little I could, as an individual, in that land which it is an honour even to have visited. "Ever yours truly, NOEL BYRON.
Page 87 - What boots to us your victories, your glory ? We pay, we fight ; you profit at your ease. Do you not claim the country as your own ? Do you not call the venison of the forest, The birds of heaven, your own ? — prohibiting us, Even though in want of food, to seize the prey Which nature offers. King ! is all this just ? Think you we do not feel the wrongs we suffer ? The hour of retribution is at hand, And tyrants tremble, — mark me, King of England ! Walworth (comes behind him, and stabs him).
Page i - Englische Studien. Organ für englische Philologie unter Mitberücksichtigung des englischen Unterrichtes auf höheren Schulen. Herausgegeben von Dr. Eugen Kölbing, ao. Professor der englischen Philologie an der Universität Breslau.
Page 336 - Sprachen hat die unmittelbare Aufgabe, den Schüler zu befähigen, einen modernen französischen oder englischen Schriftsteller mit Leichtigkeit zu verstehen, gesprochenes Französisch und Englisch schnell und sicher aufzufassen, und die fremde Sprache in den einfachen Formen des täglichen Verkehrs mündlich wie schriftlich ohne Zwang...
Page 325 - I beg that the Committee will command me in any and every way. If I am favoured with any instructions, I shall endeavour to obey them to the letter, whether conformable to my own private opinion or not. I beg leave to add, personally, my respect for the gentleman whom I have the honour of addressing, And am, Sir, your obliged, etc.

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