English Prose: Selections, Volum 1Sir Henry Craik Macmillan and Company, 1893 This collection shows the growth and development of English prose by extracts from the principal and most characteristic writers. |
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... Desire for Happiness Defence of Church Ceremonial . The Doctrine of Grace . Man's Sinfulness Hooker's Defence of Himself Justice and the Harmony of Creation A Virtuous Woman An Appeal RICHARD KNOLLES ( about 1544-1610 ) Amurath Mahomet ...
... Desire for Happiness Defence of Church Ceremonial . The Doctrine of Grace . Man's Sinfulness Hooker's Defence of Himself Justice and the Harmony of Creation A Virtuous Woman An Appeal RICHARD KNOLLES ( about 1544-1610 ) Amurath Mahomet ...
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... desire that he might not have : for she said , that he should not ask , but earthly thing for she was no earthly thing , but a ghostly thing . And the king said , that he would ask none other thing . And the lady answered , " Sith that ...
... desire that he might not have : for she said , that he should not ask , but earthly thing for she was no earthly thing , but a ghostly thing . And the king said , that he would ask none other thing . And the lady answered , " Sith that ...
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... desire to die , and death shall flee from them . And eke Job saith , that in hell is no order of rule . And albeit that God hath created all things in right order , and no thing without order , but all things be ordained and numbered ...
... desire to die , and death shall flee from them . And eke Job saith , that in hell is no order of rule . And albeit that God hath created all things in right order , and no thing without order , but all things be ordained and numbered ...
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... desire , that ye will give me La Beale Isoud your daughter , not for myself , but for mine uncle king Mark , that shall have her to wife , for so have I promised him . Alas , said the king , I had lever than all the land that I have ye ...
... desire , that ye will give me La Beale Isoud your daughter , not for myself , but for mine uncle king Mark , that shall have her to wife , for so have I promised him . Alas , said the king , I had lever than all the land that I have ye ...
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... I dread that men shall hold me self- willed ; and therefore I will essay and do as ye desire me . The matter which ye say I wrote , and is so 86 ENGLISH PROSE Extracts from the Governance of England The Lawyer refuting his own Arguments.
... I dread that men shall hold me self- willed ; and therefore I will essay and do as ye desire me . The matter which ye say I wrote , and is so 86 ENGLISH PROSE Extracts from the Governance of England The Lawyer refuting his own Arguments.
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Side 485 - And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth ; and the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel...
Side 468 - But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and at first it was fair as the morning and full with the dew of heaven as a lamb's fleece; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements...
Side 487 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Side 162 - I, your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up and . „ swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
Side 419 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style; which being so evil apparelled in the dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age, what would it work, trimmed in the gorgeous eloquence of Pindar?
Side 563 - ... supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Side 162 - For look in what parts of the realm doth grow the finest, and therefore dearest wool, there noblemen and gentlemen : yea, and certain Abbots, holy men, no doubt, not contenting themselves with the yearly revenues and profits that were wont to grow to their forefathers and predecessors of their lands...
Side 562 - To those gentlemen, his quondam acquaintance, that spend their wits in making plays, RG wisheth a better exercise, and wisdom to prevent his extremities.
Side 322 - And forasmuch as his mind gave him that, his nephews living, men would not reckon that he could have right to the realm, he thought therefore without delay to rid them, as though the killing of his kinsmen could amend his cause and make him a kindly king.
Side 35 - Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring...