Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... Romans etched their public records on brass . The speech of Claudius , engraved on plates of bronze , is yet preserved in the town - hall of Lyons , in France . Several bronze tables , with Etruscan characters , have been dug up in ...
... Romans etched their public records on brass . The speech of Claudius , engraved on plates of bronze , is yet preserved in the town - hall of Lyons , in France . Several bronze tables , with Etruscan characters , have been dug up in ...
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... Romans forbad the use of this sharp instrument , from the circumstance of many persons having used them as daggers . A school- master was killed by the Pugillares or table - books , and the styles of his own scholars . They sub ...
... Romans forbad the use of this sharp instrument , from the circumstance of many persons having used them as daggers . A school- master was killed by the Pugillares or table - books , and the styles of his own scholars . They sub ...
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... Romans used ivory to 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 ...
... Romans used ivory to 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 ...
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... call charta or charta . Before the use of parchment and paper passed to the Romans , they used the * Of which we have now fine specimens at the British Museum . thin peel found between the wood and the bark of OF WRITING . 9.
... call charta or charta . Before the use of parchment and paper passed to the Romans , they used the * Of which we have now fine specimens at the British Museum . thin peel found between the wood and the bark of OF WRITING . 9.
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... Romans had several sorts of paper to which they had given different names ; one was the Charta Augusta , in compliment to the emperor , another Liviana , named after the empress . There was a Charta blanca , which obtained its title ...
... Romans had several sorts of paper to which they had given different names ; one was the Charta Augusta , in compliment to the emperor , another Liviana , named after the empress . There was a Charta blanca , which obtained its title ...
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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...