Poems, 91. numberMacmillan, 1870 - 143 pages |
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... Author of " The History of the British Navy , " " The History of France under the Bourbons , " etc. Three vols . 8vo . 42s . Since the time of Lord Burleigh no one , except the second Pitt , ever enjoyed so long a tenure of power ; with ...
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... AUTHOR'S PREFACE . Ralegh . — THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH , based upon Contemporary Documents . By EDWARD EDWARDS . To- gether with Ralegh's Letters , now first collected . With Portrait . Two vols . 8vo . 32s . " Mr. Edwards has ...
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Page 26 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
Page 24 - Morte d'Arthur.— SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. "It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
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Page 26 - The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
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Page 20 - The editor has aimed to produce a book "which the emigrant, finding room for little not absolutely necessary, might yet find room for in his trunk, and the traveller in his knapsack, and that on some narrow shelves where there are few books this might be one." " The Archbishop has conferred in this delightful volume an important gift on the whole Englishspeaking population of the world.
Page 21 - These brief poems have not only a peculiar kind of interest for the student of English poetry, but are intrinsically delightful, and -will reward a careful and frequent perusal. Full of naivete...
Page 29 - O world, tho' thou deniest, Stand thou on that side, for on this am I. Rather the earth shall doubt when her retrieving Pours in the rain and rushes from the sod, Rather than he for whom the great conceiving Stirs in his soul to quicken into God.