On the Study of WordsMacmillan, 1900 - 365 páginas |
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... Golden Spears.❜ In other ways also the names of places will oftentimes embody some poetical aspect under which now or at some former period men learned to regard them . Oftentimes when dis- coverers come upon a new land they will seize ...
... Golden Spears.❜ In other ways also the names of places will oftentimes embody some poetical aspect under which now or at some former period men learned to regard them . Oftentimes when dis- coverers come upon a new land they will seize ...
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... golden gloss of its petals ) , ' hearts - ease , ' ' herb - of - grace , ' ' Jacob's ladder , ' ' king - cup , ' ' lady's fingers , ' ' Lady's smock , ' ' Lady's tresses , ' ' larkspur , ' ' Lent lily , ' loose - strife , ' ' love - in ...
... golden gloss of its petals ) , ' hearts - ease , ' ' herb - of - grace , ' ' Jacob's ladder , ' ' king - cup , ' ' lady's fingers , ' ' Lady's smock , ' ' Lady's tresses , ' ' larkspur , ' ' Lent lily , ' loose - strife , ' ' love - in ...
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... golden orb of the sun , and the white florets which encircle this disk to the rays which the sun spreads on all sides around him . What imagi- nation was here , to suggest a comparison such as this , binding together as this does the ...
... golden orb of the sun , and the white florets which encircle this disk to the rays which the sun spreads on all sides around him . What imagi- nation was here , to suggest a comparison such as this , binding together as this does the ...
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... shadow - tail ' ; but the form of the Greek word is probably due to popular etymology . ] [ For other names for the ' lady - bird , ' and the golden knob , ' is prettier still . And indeed 62 LECT On the Poetry in Words .
... shadow - tail ' ; but the form of the Greek word is probably due to popular etymology . ] [ For other names for the ' lady - bird , ' and the golden knob , ' is prettier still . And indeed 62 LECT On the Poetry in Words .
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Richard Chenevix Trench. golden knob , ' is prettier still . And indeed in our country dialects there is a wide poetical nomenclature which is well worthy of recogni- tion ; thus the shooting lights of the Aurora Borealis are in ...
Richard Chenevix Trench. golden knob , ' is prettier still . And indeed in our country dialects there is a wide poetical nomenclature which is well worthy of recogni- tion ; thus the shooting lights of the Aurora Borealis are in ...
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Página 15 - to see what he would call them, and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Página 22 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Página 34 - WAS this the face that launched a thousand ships And burned the topless towers of Ilium?
Página 101 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Página 57 - Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage.
Página 33 - No man can read this poem without being struck by the fitness and finish of the workmanship, so to speak, as well as by the chastened and unpretending loftiness of thought which pervades the whole." — GLOBE. Words from the PoetS. Selected by the Editor of
Página 100 - Then they that gladly received his word were baptized ; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls ; and they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Página 16 - Cowper's TASK: AN EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ. ; TIROCINIUM, or a Review of the Schools; and THE HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN.
Página 38 - Or, for the laurel, he may gain a scorn; For a good poet's made, as well as born. And such wert thou! Look how the father's face Lives in his issue, even so the race Of Shakespeare's mind and manners brightly shines In his well turned, and true filed lines; In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance.