Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... head with his table - book . According to Cicero , it appears that the critics were accustomed in reading their wax manuscripts to notice obscure or vicious phrases by joining a piece of red wax , as we should under- score such by red ...
... head with his table - book . According to Cicero , it appears that the critics were accustomed in reading their wax manuscripts to notice obscure or vicious phrases by joining a piece of red wax , as we should under- score such by red ...
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... heads with hoods of oil - cloth . A custom that has been generally continued to the middle of the seven- teenth century . The use of coaches was intro- duced into England by Fitzalan Earl of Arundel , in 1580 , and at first were only ...
... heads with hoods of oil - cloth . A custom that has been generally continued to the middle of the seven- teenth century . The use of coaches was intro- duced into England by Fitzalan Earl of Arundel , in 1580 , and at first were only ...
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... head of their works . We too often place that of some patron . They honorably inserted it in their works . When a man of genius , however , shows that he is not less mindful of his social affection than his fame , he is the more loved ...
... head of their works . We too often place that of some patron . They honorably inserted it in their works . When a man of genius , however , shows that he is not less mindful of his social affection than his fame , he is the more loved ...
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... head ; which ludicrous and disgraceful action , Ba- ronius has highly praised . Jortin observes on this great cardinal , and advocate of the Roman see , that he breathes nothing but fire and brim- stone ; and accounts kings and emperors ...
... head ; which ludicrous and disgraceful action , Ba- ronius has highly praised . Jortin observes on this great cardinal , and advocate of the Roman see , that he breathes nothing but fire and brim- stone ; and accounts kings and emperors ...
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... heads , or titles , to be filled up at leisure . Under these heads he set down his own thoughts as they occurred , occasionally inserting whatever was useful from his reading . When his collections were thus formed , he digested his own ...
... heads , or titles , to be filled up at leisure . Under these heads he set down his own thoughts as they occurred , occasionally inserting whatever was useful from his reading . When his collections were thus formed , he digested his own ...
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Sida 144 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Sida 160 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ^sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Sida 137 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Sida 135 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Sida 283 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Sida 154 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Sida 218 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Sida 146 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Sida 149 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Sida 153 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.