The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ecclesiastical & literary miscellany, Volume 531867 |
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... means to be confounded with the gen- eral mass of them that adhered to the legitimate object of the fable . Now , throwing these two classes together , we have a most important element in medieval poetry . Taking the ' Alda ' as ...
... means to be confounded with the gen- eral mass of them that adhered to the legitimate object of the fable . Now , throwing these two classes together , we have a most important element in medieval poetry . Taking the ' Alda ' as ...
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... means confined themselves to attacks upon the Church , or rather its disorders ; they scattered their ridicule with a more liberal hand . Society itself , with its complexity of customs and classes , was not safe from their merriment or ...
... means confined themselves to attacks upon the Church , or rather its disorders ; they scattered their ridicule with a more liberal hand . Society itself , with its complexity of customs and classes , was not safe from their merriment or ...
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... means of simplicity : in the rhyme and in the cathedral it is attained by elaboration of ornament subodinated to unity of effect . The epics , on the other hand , if they may be termed so , are the direct result of the newly - awakened ...
... means of simplicity : in the rhyme and in the cathedral it is attained by elaboration of ornament subodinated to unity of effect . The epics , on the other hand , if they may be termed so , are the direct result of the newly - awakened ...
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... mean the clear perception of each proposition ; which per- ception involves an accurate knowledge of the signification of each word , together with a clear understanding of the relation in which the various propositions stand to each ...
... mean the clear perception of each proposition ; which per- ception involves an accurate knowledge of the signification of each word , together with a clear understanding of the relation in which the various propositions stand to each ...
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6 ⚫ be elevated to its proper place by political means alone ; ' now inveighing against the debasements of sense and the corruptions of habit , into which the English have fallen from the simplicity and virtue of former times ; now ...
6 ⚫ be elevated to its proper place by political means alone ; ' now inveighing against the debasements of sense and the corruptions of habit , into which the English have fallen from the simplicity and virtue of former times ; now ...
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Page 333 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown.
Page 329 - While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 333 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear...
Page 60 - Tis unnatural, Even like the deed that's done. On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawk'd at and kill'd.
Page 331 - O, thou undaunted daughter of desires! By all thy dower of lights and fires, By all the eagle in thee, all the dove, By all thy lives and deaths of love, By thy large draughts of intellectual day...
Page 327 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 52 - The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Page 245 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the Office and work of a Priest in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the Imposition of our hands. Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained.
Page 387 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 328 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.