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... Cædmon ) The Psalmist ( from a Psalter of the Tenth Century ) . Initial ( from a MS . of Bede ) An Evangelist ( from a MS . ) John Fisher ( from the Portrait by Holbein ) Emblematic Device ( from a Treatise of Fisher's ) Sir Thomas More ...
... Cædmon ) The Psalmist ( from a Psalter of the Tenth Century ) . Initial ( from a MS . of Bede ) An Evangelist ( from a MS . ) John Fisher ( from the Portrait by Holbein ) Emblematic Device ( from a Treatise of Fisher's ) Sir Thomas More ...
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... Cædmon's " Paraphrase , " the grand religious poem with which our literature opens . Hilda , daughter of Hereric , nephew to King Eduin , had been one of the converts made by the preaching of Paulinus . Hilda's sister Heresuid , was ...
... Cædmon's " Paraphrase , " the grand religious poem with which our literature opens . Hilda , daughter of Hereric , nephew to King Eduin , had been one of the converts made by the preaching of Paulinus . Hilda's sister Heresuid , was ...
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... Cædmon , who seems to have been a tenant of land under them , was one of their first converts . As a convert zealous for the faith to which he had been brought , he sat at a rustic feast one day hearing the songs of heathen war and ...
... Cædmon , who seems to have been a tenant of land under them , was one of their first converts . As a convert zealous for the faith to which he had been brought , he sat at a rustic feast one day hearing the songs of heathen war and ...
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... Caedmon wrote ten - syllabled iambic lines with an occasional unaccented eleventh syllable , and that the English heroic line was of Cædmon's invention . This is not a true theory , though it is true that the rhythm of the First ...
... Caedmon wrote ten - syllabled iambic lines with an occasional unaccented eleventh syllable , and that the English heroic line was of Cædmon's invention . This is not a true theory , though it is true that the rhythm of the First ...
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... Cædmon to Aldhelm , whose work was commenced in Cadmon's lifetime , passes on from Aldhelm to Bede , who began his ... Cædmon's Paraphrase was written . When he was a child , Benedict Biscop founded the twin monasteries of St. Peter and ...
... Cædmon to Aldhelm , whose work was commenced in Cadmon's lifetime , passes on from Aldhelm to Bede , who began his ... Cædmon's Paraphrase was written . When he was a child , Benedict Biscop founded the twin monasteries of St. Peter and ...
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Page 330 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 321 - FATHER of all! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord! Thou Great First Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind...
Page 236 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 251 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 175 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth ; and having on the breast-plate of righteousness ; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace ; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God...
Page 373 - Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own ; Yearnings she hath in her own natural kind, And, even with something of a Mother's mind, And no unworthy aim, The homely Nurse doth all she can To make her Foster-child, her Inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years...
Page 373 - And unto this he frames his song : Then will he fit his tongue To dialogues of business, love, or strife ; But it will not be long Ere this be thrown aside, And with new joy and pride The little Actor cons another part, Filling from time to time his
Page 252 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Page 235 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 218 - WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before ? Wilt thou forgive that sin, through which I run And do run still, though still I do deplore ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done ; For I have more.