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... King James I. of Scotland ......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 A.D. TO THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH IN 1558 A.D. IV . Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of I. The Old ...
... King James I. of Scotland ......... VII . Other Writers of the First Era ... 64 67 53 SECOND ERA . FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING IN 1474 A.D. TO THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH IN 1558 A.D. IV . Thomas Cranmer , Archbishop of I. The Old ...
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... king , when the literary jealousy of the Egyptians stopped the supply of papyrus , caused his subjects to write on sheep - skins , hence called Pergamena or parchment . Vellum , a finer material , is prepared calf - skin . Besides these ...
... king , when the literary jealousy of the Egyptians stopped the supply of papyrus , caused his subjects to write on sheep - skins , hence called Pergamena or parchment . Vellum , a finer material , is prepared calf - skin . Besides these ...
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... of old Mexico , relating the reign and conquests of King Acamapich . Down the left border runs a broad stripe of blue , divided into thirteen parts by lines resembling the rounds of a ORIGIN OF OUR ALPHABET . 15 Then by slow ,
... of old Mexico , relating the reign and conquests of King Acamapich . Down the left border runs a broad stripe of blue , divided into thirteen parts by lines resembling the rounds of a ORIGIN OF OUR ALPHABET . 15 Then by slow ,
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... King of Munster . More important , however , as giving in careful prose a calm account of early Irish history , are the Annals of Tigernach and of the Four Masters of Ulster . The very scanty remains of the Scottish Gaelic are of much ...
... King of Munster . More important , however , as giving in careful prose a calm account of early Irish history , are the Annals of Tigernach and of the Four Masters of Ulster . The very scanty remains of the Scottish Gaelic are of much ...
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... King Alfred . Alfric the Grammarian . Alcuin . Erigena . The Saxon Chronicle . " Dunstan Aldhelm . Decay . Bede . THE Gleeman or Minstrel of the Anglo - Saxons was a most impor- tant person . When the evening shadows fell , and the ...
... King Alfred . Alfric the Grammarian . Alcuin . Erigena . The Saxon Chronicle . " Dunstan Aldhelm . Decay . Bede . THE Gleeman or Minstrel of the Anglo - Saxons was a most impor- tant person . When the evening shadows fell , and the ...
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Page 348 - Seven years, my Lord, have now past, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it, at last, to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 390 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests ; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime, Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime — The image of Eternity — the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made ; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone...
Page 207 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart : what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 348 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help ? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary. and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 338 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs — and God has given my share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Page 376 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Page 361 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 209 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased but — all The multitude of Angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy — Heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions.
Page 209 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...
Page 390 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves