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... give the reader something like a representative summary of the work itself that has been accomplished by the great creative minds of the world in letters . But , also , it aims at placing that work in historical perspective , showing ...
... give the reader something like a representative summary of the work itself that has been accomplished by the great creative minds of the world in letters . But , also , it aims at placing that work in historical perspective , showing ...
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... give gifts of themselves . If thou be among the guests of a man that is greater than thou , accept that which he giveth thee , putting it to thy lips . If thou look at him that is before thee ( thine host ) , pierce him not with many ...
... give gifts of themselves . If thou be among the guests of a man that is greater than thou , accept that which he giveth thee , putting it to thy lips . If thou look at him that is before thee ( thine host ) , pierce him not with many ...
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... give a modern manuscript the appearance of a rare antique by burying it in a sack of grain until the colour had changed and the papyrus had become worm - eaten . § 3 It was in the third century before Christ that Alexandria under the ...
... give a modern manuscript the appearance of a rare antique by burying it in a sack of grain until the colour had changed and the papyrus had become worm - eaten . § 3 It was in the third century before Christ that Alexandria under the ...
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... give life to his work , and the goddess answered his prayer . In com- mon with so many other classical myths , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round ...
... give life to his work , and the goddess answered his prayer . In com- mon with so many other classical myths , the story of Pygmalion and Galatea has inspired modern poets , among them Schiller and Andrew Lang . A play was written round ...
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... give him one of the king's three daughters in marriage , without requiring him to make a settlement on her , and to add to the other gifts seven fair cities . Achilles refuses in a speech which is the supreme climax of the Homeric ...
... give him one of the king's three daughters in marriage , without requiring him to make a settlement on her , and to add to the other gifts seven fair cities . Achilles refuses in a speech which is the supreme climax of the Homeric ...
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Page 93 - gloomy, but the last chapter is superb in its English dress. "Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as was: and the spirit shall return unto
Page 130 - And the Angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham. And he said. Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God,
Page 166 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd: a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts;
Page 263 - hire to countrefete cheere Of Court, and been estatlich of manere, And to ben holden digne of reverence. But for to speken of hire conscience, She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe, if that she saugh a mous Kaught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. Of smale
Page 125 - they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to do them wrong: Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; Saying, "Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.
Page 263 - she was nat undergrowe. Ful fetys was hir cloke, as I was war; Of smal coral aboute hire arm she bar A peire of bedes, gauded al with grene, And ther-on heng a brooch of gold ful sheene, On which ther was first write a crowned A, And after
Page 121 - *'Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? . . . Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, before I go whence I shall not
Page 124 - covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, "Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance": When they were but a few men in number;
Page 117 - we seem to be reading the Bible through the medium of his own words. Take these words of Mr. Greatheart in the Valley of the Shadow: This is like doing business in great Waters, or like going down into the deep; this is like being in the heart of the
Page 135 - Such as found out musical tunes, And recited verses in writing, Rich men furnished with ability, Living peaceably in their habitations. All these were honoured in their generations, And were the glory of their times. Their seed shall remain