The History of the Anglo-Saxons, المجلد 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1807 - 499 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 36
... sometimes displays better taste . We give the following as specimens , taken as they occurred : Æthelswytha , Selethry tha , very noble . a good threatener . 37 Asser , p . 19 . Elfhild , the elf of battle . СНАР . I. 36 HISTORY OF THE.
... sometimes displays better taste . We give the following as specimens , taken as they occurred : Æthelswytha , Selethry tha , very noble . a good threatener . 37 Asser , p . 19 . Elfhild , the elf of battle . СНАР . I. 36 HISTORY OF THE.
الصفحة 39
... Asser to have studiously learnt Psalms and Saxon books , and chiefly Saxon poetry . But among the laity , these were transient gleams of intellectual sunshine , neither general nor permanent . The great and powerful undervalued ...
... Asser to have studiously learnt Psalms and Saxon books , and chiefly Saxon poetry . But among the laity , these were transient gleams of intellectual sunshine , neither general nor permanent . The great and powerful undervalued ...
الصفحة 40
... Asser expresses the great lamentations of these well - born , but untaught men , that they had not studied such ... Asser . In a MS . charter of Wihtred , in the possession of the late Mr. Astle , to the king's mark was added , " ad ...
... Asser expresses the great lamentations of these well - born , but untaught men , that they had not studied such ... Asser . In a MS . charter of Wihtred , in the possession of the late Mr. Astle , to the king's mark was added , " ad ...
الصفحة 77
... Asser for his in- comparable skill and assiduity in the arts of the chase . " He is stated to have gone as far as Cornwall to enjoy it . " The hunt of Edmund , the grandson of Alfred , at Ceoddri , is thus described by a contemporary ...
... Asser for his in- comparable skill and assiduity in the arts of the chase . " He is stated to have gone as far as Cornwall to enjoy it . " The hunt of Edmund , the grandson of Alfred , at Ceoddri , is thus described by a contemporary ...
الصفحة 93
... Asser , Alfred addressed his great men : “ I wonder at your audacity , that by the gift " of God , and by my gift , you have assumed the ministry " and the degree of the wise inen , and yet have neglected " the study and labour of ...
... Asser , Alfred addressed his great men : “ I wonder at your audacity , that by the gift " of God , and by my gift , you have assumed the ministry " and the degree of the wise inen , and yet have neglected " the study and labour of ...
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الصفحة 463 - TO be— or not to be — that is the question ; Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune — Or to take arms against a sea of troubles ; And, by opposing, end them...
الصفحة 467 - In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
الصفحة 463 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower Glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
الصفحة 373 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
الصفحة 467 - Pope had only a little, because Dryden had more : for every other writer since Milton must give place to Pope ; and even of Dryden it must be said, that, if he has brighter paragraphs he has not better poems.
الصفحة 464 - And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? is he yet alive? And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive.
الصفحة 465 - Every man being conscious to himself that he thinks; and that which his mind is applied about whilst thinking being the IDEAS that are there, it is past doubt that men have in their minds several ideas, — such as are those expressed by the words whiteness, hardness, sweetness, thinking, motion, man, elephant, army, drunkenness, and others: it is in the first place then to be inquired, HOW HE COMES BY THEM?
الصفحة 465 - WAS yesterday, about sun-set, walking in the open fields, till the night insensibly fell upon me. I at first amused myself with all the richness and variety of colours which appeared in the western parts of heaven ; in proportion as they faded away and went out, several stars and planets appeared one after another, till the whole firmament was in a glow.
الصفحة 463 - With thee conversing I forget all time, All seasons and their change, all please alike : Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams...
الصفحة 464 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these, Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.