The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from the Best British and American Authors : from Shakespeare to the Present Time : Chronologically Arranged : with Bibliographical and Critical Sketches and Numerous Notes, Etc., EtcIvison, Blakeman, Taylor and Company, 1876 - 426 pages |
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... Histories make men wise ; poets , witty ; the mathematics , subtle ; natural philosophy , deep ; moral , grave ; logic and rhetoric , able to contend . " BACON'S ESSAYS . The American Educational Series . THE LITERARY READER : TYPICAL.
... Histories make men wise ; poets , witty ; the mathematics , subtle ; natural philosophy , deep ; moral , grave ; logic and rhetoric , able to contend . " BACON'S ESSAYS . The American Educational Series . THE LITERARY READER : TYPICAL.
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... poetic and dramatic . With the last of these , " the most illustrious of the sons of man , " our series of glimpses at English literary history begins . As even the merest mention of all distinguished writers was obviously impracticable ...
... poetic and dramatic . With the last of these , " the most illustrious of the sons of man , " our series of glimpses at English literary history begins . As even the merest mention of all distinguished writers was obviously impracticable ...
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... fantastic , than all the poets of all regions and ages of the world . " Lord Macaulay pronounced Shakespeare " the greatest poet that ever lived , " and esteemed 1 A Othello , the play from which our first selection is.
... fantastic , than all the poets of all regions and ages of the world . " Lord Macaulay pronounced Shakespeare " the greatest poet that ever lived , " and esteemed 1 A Othello , the play from which our first selection is.
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... poets hitherto , the greatest intellect who , in our recorded world , has left record of himself in the way of literature . On the whole , I know not such a power of vision , such a faculty of thought , if we take all the characters of ...
... poets hitherto , the greatest intellect who , in our recorded world , has left record of himself in the way of literature . On the whole , I know not such a power of vision , such a faculty of thought , if we take all the characters of ...
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... poet and his family for this poem , which ranks among the grand- est in the world , was only twenty - eight pounds , about one hundred and forty dollars . Paradise Lost represents the only successful attempt ever made to construct a ...
... poet and his family for this poem , which ranks among the grand- est in the world , was only twenty - eight pounds , about one hundred and forty dollars . Paradise Lost represents the only successful attempt ever made to construct a ...
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Page 119 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 117 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 246 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we — Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Page 7 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade.
Page 234 - Forward, the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade...
Page 245 - IT was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the- sea, That a maiden there lived' whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me...
Page 76 - The shadow of the dome of pleasure Floated midway on the waves ; Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves.
Page 13 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 2 - My very noble and approved good masters, — That I have ta'en away this old man's daughter, It is most true ; true, I have married her ; The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 107 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.