An essay upon the influence of the translation of the Bible upon English literature |
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... taken a deep hold upon the minds of the people , gave to the English language , in which his writings were composed , a currency and fashion which contributed to its rapid progress more than any improvements in style which he may have ...
... taken a deep hold upon the minds of the people , gave to the English language , in which his writings were composed , a currency and fashion which contributed to its rapid progress more than any improvements in style which he may have ...
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... study of their sentences , though they are sometimes obscure and abound in classical collocation . III . After having taken this cursory view of the writers of the Elizabethan age , we must pause awhile , and , returning to the time of 13.
... study of their sentences , though they are sometimes obscure and abound in classical collocation . III . After having taken this cursory view of the writers of the Elizabethan age , we must pause awhile , and , returning to the time of 13.
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... taken from Ps . civ . " He maketh the clouds his chariot , and walketh upon the wings of the wind . " We shall now subjoin a few passages taken at random from the " Fairy Queen ; " which appear to have owed their origin to the same 25.
... taken from Ps . civ . " He maketh the clouds his chariot , and walketh upon the wings of the wind . " We shall now subjoin a few passages taken at random from the " Fairy Queen ; " which appear to have owed their origin to the same 25.
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... taken from 1 Sam . xxv . 37 . " This heart ( Nabal's ) died within him ; and he became as a stone . " Also , in the same canto , stanza 27 , we find ~ Was never lady loved dearer day , Than she did love that knight , & c . Where day is ...
... taken from 1 Sam . xxv . 37 . " This heart ( Nabal's ) died within him ; and he became as a stone . " Also , in the same canto , stanza 27 , we find ~ Was never lady loved dearer day , Than she did love that knight , & c . Where day is ...
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... taken from Rev. xii . 1. " A woman clothed with the sun , " & c . The beautiful passage in book ii . canto 6 . stanza 13.- The lily lady of the flowering field · Yet neither spins nor cards , ne cares nor frets , But to her mother ...
... taken from Rev. xii . 1. " A woman clothed with the sun , " & c . The beautiful passage in book ii . canto 6 . stanza 13.- The lily lady of the flowering field · Yet neither spins nor cards , ne cares nor frets , But to her mother ...
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Page 24 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Page 11 - From the authors which rose in the time of Elizabeth, a speech might be formed adequate to all the purposes of use and elegance. If the language of theology were extracted from Hooker and the translation of the Bible; the terms of natural knowledge from Bacon; the phrases of policy, war, and navigation from Raleigh; the dialect of poetry and fiction from Spenser and Sidney; and the diction of common life from Shakespeare, few ideas would be lost to mankind, for want of English words, in which they...
Page 69 - Tired of earth And this diurnal scene, she springs aloft Through fields of air, pursues the flying storm, Rides on the vollied lightning through the heavens ; Or, yoked with whirlwinds, and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day.
Page 73 - And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians...
Page 42 - How sweet are thy words unto my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Page 39 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 35 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right...
Page 68 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 35 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 54 - But, gracious God, how well dost Thou provide For erring judgments an unerring guide ! Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light, A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. O teach me to believe Thee thus concealed, And search no farther than Thyself revealed ; But her alone for my director take, Whom Thou hast promised never to forsake...