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... kind after the Crucifixion by Joseph of Arimathea . This curious fable was of far later date than the nucleus of Arthurian tradition , and there seems little doubt that it was originally brought from the East by the early Crusaders ...
... kind after the Crucifixion by Joseph of Arimathea . This curious fable was of far later date than the nucleus of Arthurian tradition , and there seems little doubt that it was originally brought from the East by the early Crusaders ...
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... kind rare in any literature ; yet it seems characteristically English . When Catullus bewailed the death of Lesbia's bird , he confined himself to eighteen truly exquisite lines ; but " ragged , tatter'd , and jagged " Skelton , while ...
... kind rare in any literature ; yet it seems characteristically English . When Catullus bewailed the death of Lesbia's bird , he confined himself to eighteen truly exquisite lines ; but " ragged , tatter'd , and jagged " Skelton , while ...
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... kind , whether in the form of drama or in elegies . He certainly applied the new prin- ciple with skill , and showed considerable power over the new instrument by varying the place assigned to the rhyth- mical pause . It was not ...
... kind , whether in the form of drama or in elegies . He certainly applied the new prin- ciple with skill , and showed considerable power over the new instrument by varying the place assigned to the rhyth- mical pause . It was not ...
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... kind . There were , of course , chronicles and letters , translations and treatises . Annals , theology , and law had engrossed by far the greater part of the activ- ity of English prose writers . Only a few years before the crowning ...
... kind . There were , of course , chronicles and letters , translations and treatises . Annals , theology , and law had engrossed by far the greater part of the activ- ity of English prose writers . Only a few years before the crowning ...
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... kind of handy guide to European travel . 2 1 Leland's MSS . had , however , been preserved in the Bod- lelan and Cotton Libraries , and their riches were largely drawn upon by such famous antiquaries as Camden , Drayton , Stow , Burton ...
... kind of handy guide to European travel . 2 1 Leland's MSS . had , however , been preserved in the Bod- lelan and Cotton Libraries , and their riches were largely drawn upon by such famous antiquaries as Camden , Drayton , Stow , Burton ...
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Page 322 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 375 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 215 - For this he was prosecuted by that gentleman, as he thought, somewhat too severely ; and in order to revenge that ill-usage he made a ballad upon him. And though this, probably the first essay of his poetry, be lost, yet it is said to have been so very bitter, that it redoubled the prosecution against him to that degree that he was obliged to leave his business and family in Warwickshire for some time, and shelter himself in London.
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Page 163 - From jigging veins of rhyming mother wits And such conceits as clownage keeps in pay, We'll lead you to the stately tent of war Where you shall hear the Scythian Tamburlaine Threatening the world with high astounding terms And scourging kingdoms with his conquering sword.
Page 220 - This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall, Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England...
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Page 382 - Whoe'er she be, That not impossible she That shall command my heart and me...
Page 215 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
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