Old Words and Modern Meanings: Being a Collection of Examples from Ancient and Modern English Authors, Illustrating Some Changes in the Use of LanguageThomas Whitcombe Greene Longmans and Company, 1876 - 314 pages |
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... force of civilisation , it is not to be wondered at that the words which express those ideas and beliefs should undergo a corresponding transformation . Words , whilom flourishing , Pass now no more , but banished from the court Dwell ...
... force of civilisation , it is not to be wondered at that the words which express those ideas and beliefs should undergo a corresponding transformation . Words , whilom flourishing , Pass now no more , but banished from the court Dwell ...
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... force urged home , Such as we might perceive amused them all , And stumbled many . - MILTON , Paradise Lost , Bk . vi . Therefore King James politely preferred that heretics here- after , though condemned , should silently and privily ...
... force urged home , Such as we might perceive amused them all , And stumbled many . - MILTON , Paradise Lost , Bk . vi . Therefore King James politely preferred that heretics here- after , though condemned , should silently and privily ...
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... force of general principles mustered from all parts , and pointed sometimes violently enough in one direc- tion ; he now moves on with the composed air of the historian and unfolds his facts . - BROUGHAM . Art . Occurs in the sense of ...
... force of general principles mustered from all parts , and pointed sometimes violently enough in one direc- tion ; he now moves on with the composed air of the historian and unfolds his facts . - BROUGHAM . Art . Occurs in the sense of ...
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... forces . It is a view of delight to stand or walk upon the shore side , and to see a ship tossed with tempest upon the sea ; or to be in a fortified tower and to see two battles join upon a plain.- BACON , Essays . Hampden , with his ...
... forces . It is a view of delight to stand or walk upon the shore side , and to see a ship tossed with tempest upon the sea ; or to be in a fortified tower and to see two battles join upon a plain.- BACON , Essays . Hampden , with his ...
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... force of their united charm , united yet divided , different and yet the same , is not to see the beauty of three red roses on a stalk , or of the mingled hues of the rainbow , or of the halcyon's breast reflected in the stream ...
... force of their united charm , united yet divided , different and yet the same , is not to see the beauty of three red roses on a stalk , or of the mingled hues of the rainbow , or of the halcyon's breast reflected in the stream ...
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Page 274 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 231 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 82 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series, from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Page 257 - There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments ; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large and of a dark cast, which glowed, I say literally glowed, when he spoke with feeling or interest. I never saw such another eye in a human head, though I have seen the most distinguished men of my time.
Page 85 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 36 - The style of Bunyan is delightful to every reader, and invaluable as . a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command over the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical . terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly...
Page 287 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town — the tide rose to an incredible height — the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction.
Page 102 - The observed of all observers, quite, quite down! And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, That suck'd the honey of his music vows, Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh...
Page 19 - Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers or mountains in her spotty globe.
Page 57 - I have often been pleased to hear disputes adjusted between an inhabitant of Japan and an alderman of London, or to see a subject of the great mogul entering into a league with one of the Czar of Muscovy.