Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... noticed . stylus was made sharp at one end to write with , and blunt and broad at the other , to deface and correct easily ; hence the phrase vertere stylum , to turn the stylus , was used to express blotting out . But the Romans forbad ...
... noticed . stylus was made sharp at one end to write with , and blunt and broad at the other , to deface and correct easily ; hence the phrase vertere stylum , to turn the stylus , was used to express blotting out . But the Romans forbad ...
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... noticed . It might have been impertinent at the time of its publication ; it will now please those who are curious of English manners . " Of his Habit . " He accoutres his person according to the fashion , if it be one that is not ...
... noticed . It might have been impertinent at the time of its publication ; it will now please those who are curious of English manners . " Of his Habit . " He accoutres his person according to the fashion , if it be one that is not ...
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... noticed frequently haunt his house , he becomes embarrassed in finding one lover too many , having only three daughters . The catastrophe relieves the old gentleman from his embarrassments . Melisse , faithful to her Mace- donian hero ...
... noticed frequently haunt his house , he becomes embarrassed in finding one lover too many , having only three daughters . The catastrophe relieves the old gentleman from his embarrassments . Melisse , faithful to her Mace- donian hero ...
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... noticed may be compared to the highly - finished gems , whose figure may be more finely designed , and whose strokes may be more delicate in the smaller space they occupy , than the ponderous block of marble hewed out by the German ...
... noticed may be compared to the highly - finished gems , whose figure may be more finely designed , and whose strokes may be more delicate in the smaller space they occupy , than the ponderous block of marble hewed out by the German ...
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... noticed the superior composition of the Scotch writer . Mackenzie , though he wrote in favour of solitude , passed a very active life , first as a pleader , and afterwards as a judge ; that he was an eloquent writer , and an excellent ...
... noticed the superior composition of the Scotch writer . Mackenzie , though he wrote in favour of solitude , passed a very active life , first as a pleader , and afterwards as a judge ; that he was an eloquent writer , and an excellent ...
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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.