«Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I»: 40 слов, которые стоит выучить перед чтением
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knight/ˈnaɪt/рыцарь, богатырь, витязь223 раза в книге
… justice, and energy shown by his countrymen were aptly portrayed under the allegory of a mighty spiritual warfare of the knights of old against the power of evil.
doth/ˈdɔθ/уст. 3-е л. ед. ч. настоящего времени гл.86 раз в книге
"In which that wicked wight his dayes doth weare."
unto/ˈəntu/к, в, на69 раз в книге
But forth unto the darksome hole he went,
hart/ˈhɑɹt/самец оленя65 раз в книге
That glorious fire it kindled in his hart,
shield/ˈʃiɫd/щит62 раза в книге
Upon his shield the like was also scor'd,
thou/ˈðaʊ/ты58 раз в книге
Yet, till that thou thy poeme wilt make knowne,
wight/ˈwaɪt/существо, человек45 раз в книге
That everie wight to shrowd it did constrain,
goodly/ˈɡʊdɫi/красивый45 раз в книге
Was nigh beguiled with so goodly sight:
thee/ˈði/тебе, тебя, тобой44 раза в книге
To thee that art the sommers Nightingale,
grace/ˈɡɹeɪs/грация, изящество39 раз в книге
The grace and dignity of his bearing was enhanced by a face of tender and thoughtful expression in which warmth of feeling was subdued by the informing spirit of refinement, truthfulness …
dread/ˈdɹɛd/страх, боязнь37 раз в книге
And thou most dreaded impe of highest Jove,°
sore/ˈsɔɹ/болезненный, больной35 раз в книге
His Lady sad to see his sore constraint,
beast/ˈbist/зверь, бестия, животное35 раз в книге
As her slow beast could make; but all in vaine:
heavenly/ˈhɛvənɫi/небесный34 раза в книге
And with them eke, O Goddesse heavenly bright,°
nigh/ˈnaɪ/близко, возле, около33 раза в книге
"Renownèd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
noughtничто33 раза в книге
Who nought aghast his mightie hand enhaunst:
allegory/ˈæɫəˌɡɔɹi/аллегория33 раза в книге
First among the poetic geniuses of the Elizabethan period came Edmund Spenser with his Faerie Queene, the allegory of an ideal chivalry.
wondrous/ˈwəndɹəs/дивный, изумительный, невиданный32 раза в книге
He is enamoured of Gloriana, having seen her in a wondrous vision, and is represented as journeying in quest of her.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/восторг, наслаждение, удовольствие31 раз в книге
Add to this intense delight in life, with all its mystery …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/грозный, лютый, неистовый29 раз в книге
As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt.
noble/ˈnoʊbəɫ/благородный, дворянский28 раз в книге
The whole land was saturated with an unexpressed poetry, and the imagination of young and old was so fired with patriotism and noble endeavor that nothing seemed impossible.
feeble/ˈfibəɫ/немощный, слабый, хилый27 раз в книге
Shed thy faire beames into my feeble eyne,
sorrow/ˈsɑɹoʊ/грусть, скорбь, горе27 раз в книге
But beeing unable to performe it by reason of the hard Enchauntments, after long sorrow, in the end met with Britomartis, who succoured him, and reskewed his love.
virgin/ˈvɝdʒɪn/дева24 раза в книге
Most like that virgin true, which for her knight him took.
wont/ˈwoʊnt/имеющий обыкновение, привыкший23 раза в книге
Ay wont in desert darknesse to remaine,
behold/bɪˈhoʊɫd/взглянуть, глядеть, смотреть23 раза в книге
Did never mortall eye behold such heavenly grace.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/меч, сабля, шпага23 раза в книге
Much of the machinery and properties used in carrying on the story, such as speaking myrtles, magic mirrors, swords, rings, impenetrable armor, and healing fountains, is supernatural.
stanza/ˈstænzə/станс, строфа22 раза в книге
If we include within the sphere of Spenser's influence also those who have made use of the stanza which he invented, we must add the names of Burns …
wretched/ˈɹɛtʃɪd/убогий22 раза в книге
Die is my dew; yet rew my wretched state
dwell/ˈdwɛɫ/жить, обитать, проживать22 раза в книге
But if of daunger which hereby doth dwell,
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/дрожать, трепетать, трястись22 раза в книге
And their greene leaves trembling with every blast,
earthly/ˈɝθɫi/земной, мирской, светский21 раз в книге
The first two Hymns are early poems, and the two latter maturer work embodying Petrarch's philosophy, which teaches that earthly love is a ladder that leads men to the love of God.
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/злой, злобный, озорной21 раз в книге
That soone to loose her wicked bands did her constraine.
mighty/ˈmaɪti/мощный, могущественный21 раз в книге
The mighty impulse of this New Learning culminated during the reign of the Virgin Queen in a profound quickening of the national consciousness, and in arousing an intense curiosity to know and to imitate the rich treasures of the classics and romance.
hight/ˈhaɪt/именуемый, называемый20 раз в книге
The false Duessa, now Fidessa hight,
plight/ˈpɫaɪt/положение, состояние20 раз в книге
In this sad plight, friendlesse, unfortunate,
thence/ˈðɛns/оттуда19 раз в книге
… had bene by an huge dragon many yeers shut up in a brazen Castle, who thence suffered them not to issew: and therefore besought the Faery Queene to assigne her some one of her knights to take on him that exployt.
stout/ˈstaʊt/крепкий19 раз в книге
The Champion stout
dragon/ˈdɹæɡən/змей, дракон, смок19 раз в книге
All the characters—the knights, ladies, dwarfs, magicians, dragons, nymphs, satyrs, and giants—are the conventional figures of pastoral romance.
till/ˈtɪɫ/пока не, до тех пор19 раз в книге
To this criticism, Mr. Saintsbury remarks: "Not, perhaps, till the Orlando has been carefully read, and read in the original, is Spenser's real greatness understood.
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