Englische Studien, Volumen37

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Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops
O.R. Reisland, 1907
"Zeitschrift für englische Philologie" (varies slightly).

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Página 178 - Midst others of less note, came one frail Form. A phantom among men; companionless As the last cloud of an expiring storm Whose thunder is its knell; he, as I guess, Had gazed on Nature's naked loveliness, Actaeon-like, and now he fled astray With feeble steps o'er the world's wilderness, And his own thoughts, along that rugged way, Pursued, like raging hounds, their father and their prey.
Página 176 - For mine own good, All causes shall give way : I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.
Página 113 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd...
Página 108 - Meanwhile the Highlands may become the fairy ground for romance and poetry, a subject of experiment for the professors of speculation , political and economical — But if the hour of need should come, — and it may not perhaps, be far distant, — the pibroch may sound through the deserted region, but the summons will remain unanswered.
Página 117 - The world, and you, gentlemen, may think what you please," said the Chairman, elevating his voice; " but I intend to write the most wonderful book which the world ever read—a book in which every incident shall be incredible, yet strictly true— a work recalling recollections with which the ears of this generation once tingled, and which shall be read by our children with an admiration approaching to incredulity. Such...
Página 113 - ... bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful v.olleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly and with a horrid carnage it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill.
Página 113 - ... with a horrid carnage, it was driven by the incessant vigour of the attack to the farthest edge of the hill. In vain did the French reserves, joining with the struggling multitude, endeavour to sustain the fight. Their efforts only increased the irremediable confusion, and the mighty mass, like a loosened cliff, went headlong down the ascent.
Página 114 - Covenanters against whom he acted, hardly had any claim to be called men, unless what was founded on their walking upon their hind feet. You can hardly conceive the perfidy, cruelty, and stupidity of these people according to the accounts they have themselves preserved. But I admit I had many cavalier prejudices instilled into me, as my ancestor was a Killiecrankie man.
Página 167 - I put my hat upon my head And walked into the Strand, And there I met another man Whose hat was in his hand.
Página 105 - tis no laughing matter : little by little, whatever your wishes may be, you will destroy and undermine until nothing of what makes Scotland Scotland, shall remain.

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