Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... France , " by the learned Benedictines , I have collected the chief materials of the present article . It is curious to observe the various substitutes for paper before its discovery . When men had not yet discovered the art of ...
... France , " by the learned Benedictines , I have collected the chief materials of the present article . It is curious to observe the various substitutes for paper before its discovery . When men had not yet discovered the art of ...
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... France . Several bronze tables , with Etruscan characters , have been dug up in Tuscany . The Treaties be- tween the Romans , Spartans , and the Jews were written on brass ; and estates , for better security , were made over on this ...
... France . Several bronze tables , with Etruscan characters , have been dug up in Tuscany . The Treaties be- tween the Romans , Spartans , and the Jews were written on brass ; and estates , for better security , were made over on this ...
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... France had hitherto supplied England and Holland . The manufacture of paper was not much en- couraged at home , even so late as in 1662 ; and the following observations by Fuller are curious , respecting the paper of his times . " Paper ...
... France had hitherto supplied England and Holland . The manufacture of paper was not much en- couraged at home , even so late as in 1662 ; and the following observations by Fuller are curious , respecting the paper of his times . " Paper ...
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... France , from the year 768 to 987 , these places disturbed the public repose . The petty despots who raised these castles pillaged whoever passed , and carried off the females who pleased them . Rapine , of every kind , were the ...
... France , from the year 768 to 987 , these places disturbed the public repose . The petty despots who raised these castles pillaged whoever passed , and carried off the females who pleased them . Rapine , of every kind , were the ...
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... France , has described two festivals , which give a just idea of the manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ...
... France , has described two festivals , which give a just idea of the manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ...
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Sida 146 - En vain contre le Cid un ministre se ligue : Tout Paris pour Chimène a les yeux de Rodrigue.
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 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 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 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 166 - This Chief transcends his Father's Fame : While pleas'd amidst the gen'ral Shouts of Troy, His Mother's conscious Heart o'erflows with Joy. He spoke, and fondly gazing on her Charms Restor'd the pleasing Burden to her Arms ; Soft on her fragrant Breast the Babe she laid, Hush'd to Repose, and with a Smile survey'd The troubled Pleasure soon chastis'd by Fear, She mingled with the Smile a tender Tear.
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.
Sida 159 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds; Save that from yonder ivy-mantled...