Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 21
Sida 21
... original . - So that if of this number many wrote alike , the judges must have been much puzzled to fix on the criminal . Our hours of refection are singularly changed in little more than two centuries . In the reign of Francis I ...
... original . - So that if of this number many wrote alike , the judges must have been much puzzled to fix on the criminal . Our hours of refection are singularly changed in little more than two centuries . In the reign of Francis I ...
Sida 37
... " Something very wild and original appears in this singular exhibition ; where at times the actors seem to have been spectators , and the spectators were actors . THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS . As a literary curiosity THE EARLY DRAMA . 37.
... " Something very wild and original appears in this singular exhibition ; where at times the actors seem to have been spectators , and the spectators were actors . THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS . As a literary curiosity THE EARLY DRAMA . 37.
Sida 62
... original manner , has , in the most glowing language , expressed his affectionate sen- timents . He says , 66 My time of learning was employed in business ; but , after all , I have the Greek and Latin tongues , because a part of me 62 ...
... original manner , has , in the most glowing language , expressed his affectionate sen- timents . He says , 66 My time of learning was employed in business ; but , after all , I have the Greek and Latin tongues , because a part of me 62 ...
Sida 100
... original : I proceed to relate the narrative of the Jews of York . When Richard I. ascended the throne , the Jews , to conciliate the royal protection , brought their tributes . Many had hastened from remote parts of England , and ...
... original : I proceed to relate the narrative of the Jews of York . When Richard I. ascended the throne , the Jews , to conciliate the royal protection , brought their tributes . Many had hastened from remote parts of England , and ...
Sida 121
... original мs . The same facility accompanied Gibbon after the experience of his first volume ; and the same copious readi- ness attended Adam Smith , who dictated to his amanuensis , while he walked about his study . The ancients were as ...
... original мs . The same facility accompanied Gibbon after the experience of his first volume ; and the same copious readi- ness attended Adam Smith , who dictated to his amanuensis , while he walked about his study . The ancients were as ...
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
Vanliga ord och fraser
actors admirable Æneid afterwards ambassador amuse ancient anecdote appears AUDLEY Bard bassador beautiful called character Cicero composed court critical curious custom delight discovered Dryden Elizabeth Elkanah Settle emperor English expression Extempore Comedies eyes Faery Queen father feelings fond fortune France French genius give Gray Greek hand Harlequin Henry honour Hudibras humour imitation invented Italian Italian theatre Italy Jews king kissing kissing hands labour Lazzi learned letters literary live Livy lord lord chamberlain majesty manner Metastasio Milton mind modern never noticed observed occasion original painted Pantomime passage passion persons pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope preserved prince queen Rabbin reign ridiculous Roman satires says Scaramouch scene Sir John solitude songs Spanish sublime Swallow Song Tacitus taste Theatre Italien thing thou thought tion Usury Venetian verse Voltaire volume writer written young youth
Populära avsnitt
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.