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... legality of the famous sum- mons of John , King of England , by Philip Augustus ? PROFESSOR DOWDEN . ENGLISH LITERATURE . 1. Write a sketch SENIOR SOPHISTERS -- HISTORY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE . 3 History and English Literature,
... legality of the famous sum- mons of John , King of England , by Philip Augustus ? PROFESSOR DOWDEN . ENGLISH LITERATURE . 1. Write a sketch SENIOR SOPHISTERS -- HISTORY AND ENGLISH LITERATURE . 3 History and English Literature,
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Dublin city, univ. PROFESSOR DOWDEN . ENGLISH LITERATURE . 1. Write a sketch of the history of the English hexameter , and other attempts at classical metres in English . Criticise such attempts from your own point of view . 2. Give some ...
Dublin city, univ. PROFESSOR DOWDEN . ENGLISH LITERATURE . 1. Write a sketch of the history of the English hexameter , and other attempts at classical metres in English . Criticise such attempts from your own point of view . 2. Give some ...
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... DOWDEN . 1. Allegory in literature and art . 2. The character of Launcelot . 3. The man of heroic character of the present century compared with the hero of some past age . 4. The romance of chivalry compared with the modern novel . 5 ...
... DOWDEN . 1. Allegory in literature and art . 2. The character of Launcelot . 3. The man of heroic character of the present century compared with the hero of some past age . 4. The romance of chivalry compared with the modern novel . 5 ...
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... DOWDEN . 1. Give some account of Scottish poetry in the fifteenth century . 2. What contributions to literature were made during the twenty years which elapsed from the meeting of the Long Parliament to the Restoration ? 3. Write a ...
... DOWDEN . 1. Give some account of Scottish poetry in the fifteenth century . 2. What contributions to literature were made during the twenty years which elapsed from the meeting of the Long Parliament to the Restoration ? 3. Write a ...
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... DOWDEN . I. - 1 . Briefly set down the chief points of Sidney's argument in de- fence of Poetry . 2. Mention the most interesting particulars in Sidney's criticism of contemporary English poetry . II.- . Exhibit your acquaintance as ...
... DOWDEN . I. - 1 . Briefly set down the chief points of Sidney's argument in de- fence of Poetry . 2. Mention the most interesting particulars in Sidney's criticism of contemporary English poetry . II.- . Exhibit your acquaintance as ...
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Page 72 - And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day...
Page 120 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars until I die.
Page 172 - But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 281 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 172 - Man that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one.
Page 277 - Denn wer leugnet es wohl, daß hoch sich das Herz ihm erhoben, Ihm die freiere Brust mit reineren Pulsen geschlagen, Als sich der erste Glanz der neuen Sonne heranhob, Als man hörte vom Rechte der Menschen, das allen gemein sei, Von der begeisternden Freiheit und von der löblichen Gleichheit!
Page 276 - La cigale, ayant chanté Tout l'été, Se trouva fort dépourvue Quand la bise fut venue : Pas un seul petit morceau De mouche ou de vermisseau. Elle alla crier famine Chez la fourmi sa voisine, La priant de lui prêter Quelque grain pour subsister Jusqu'à la saison nouvelle. « Je vous paierai, lui dit-elle, Avant Toût, foi d'animal, Intérêt et principal.
Page 332 - Muse? Night and all her sickly dews, Her spectres wan, and birds of boding cry, He gives to range the dreary sky ; Till down the eastern cliffs afar Hyperion's march they spy, and glittering shafts of war.
Page 254 - And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
Page 332 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...