Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... write when he fixed his famous pillars . The most ancient mode of writing was on bricks , tiles , and oyster - shells , and on tables of VOL . IV . B stone ; afterwards on plates of various materials , on Origin of the materials of writing.
... write when he fixed his famous pillars . The most ancient mode of writing was on bricks , tiles , and oyster - shells , and on tables of VOL . IV . B stone ; afterwards on plates of various materials , on Origin of the materials of writing.
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... write on wax , which , from its nature , is incorruptible . Men generally used it to write their testaments on , the better to preserve them ; thus Juvenal says , Ceras implere capaces . This thin paste of wax was also used on tablets ...
... write on wax , which , from its nature , is incorruptible . Men generally used it to write their testaments on , the better to preserve them ; thus Juvenal says , Ceras implere capaces . This thin paste of wax was also used on tablets ...
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... 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 the use of this sharp instrument , from the ...
... 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 the use of this sharp instrument , from the ...
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... write the edicts of the senate on , with a black colour ; and the expression of libris elephantinis , which some authors imagine alludes to books that for their size were called elephantine , were most probably composed of ivory , the ...
... write the edicts of the senate on , with a black colour ; and the expression of libris elephantinis , which some authors imagine alludes to books that for their size were called elephantine , were most probably composed of ivory , the ...
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... writes , that as the walls of the castles ran winding round them , they often called them by a name which signified serpents or dragons ; and in these were commonly secured the women and young maids of distinction , who were seldom safe ...
... writes , that as the walls of the castles ran winding round them , they often called them by a name which signified serpents or dragons ; and in these were commonly secured the women and young maids of distinction , who were seldom safe ...
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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.