Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... received the law written by the finger of God himself . Hesiod's works were written on leaden tables : lead was used for writing , and rolled up like a cylinder , as Pliny states . Montfaucon notices a very ancient book of eight ...
... received the law written by the finger of God himself . Hesiod's works were written on leaden tables : lead was used for writing , and rolled up like a cylinder , as Pliny states . Montfaucon notices a very ancient book of eight ...
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... received from their farces and moralities . The following curious anecdote , which followed this first attempt at classical imitation , is very observable . Jodelle's success was such , that his rival poets , touched by the spirit of ...
... received from their farces and moralities . The following curious anecdote , which followed this first attempt at classical imitation , is very observable . Jodelle's success was such , that his rival poets , touched by the spirit of ...
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... received by the public , who cer- tainly had never seen any thing like it . Every character in this piece acts under some hallucination of the mind , or a fit of madness . Artabaze , is a cowardly hero , who believes he has conquered ...
... received by the public , who cer- tainly had never seen any thing like it . Every character in this piece acts under some hallucination of the mind , or a fit of madness . Artabaze , is a cowardly hero , who believes he has conquered ...
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... received by talking of new fashions , buying and selling of lands , advancement or ruin of favourites , victories or defeats of strange princes , which is the ordinary subject of ordinary conversation ? -Most desire to frequent their ...
... received by talking of new fashions , buying and selling of lands , advancement or ruin of favourites , victories or defeats of strange princes , which is the ordinary subject of ordinary conversation ? -Most desire to frequent their ...
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... received the name of a science , called Onomantia ; of which the superstitious ancients discovered a hundred foolish mysteries . They cast up the numeral letters of names , and Achilles was therefore fated to vanquish Hector , from the ...
... received the name of a science , called Onomantia ; of which the superstitious ancients discovered a hundred foolish mysteries . They cast up the numeral letters of names , and Achilles was therefore fated to vanquish Hector , from the ...
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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.