Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long after the use of the ...
... composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long after the use of the ...
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... composed of ivory , the tusk of the elephant ; among the Romans they were un- doubtedly scarce and dear . The pumice stone was a writing - material of the ancients ; they used it to smooth the roughness of the parchment , or to sharpen ...
... composed of ivory , the tusk of the elephant ; among the Romans they were un- doubtedly scarce and dear . The pumice stone was a writing - material of the ancients ; they used it to smooth the roughness of the parchment , or to sharpen ...
Sida 9
... composed of linen or rags , and formerly had been of cotton - wool , which was but brittle and yellow ; and improved by using cotton - rags , which they glazed . After the eighth century the papyrus was superseded by parchment . The ...
... composed of linen or rags , and formerly had been of cotton - wool , which was but brittle and yellow ; and improved by using cotton - rags , which they glazed . After the eighth century the papyrus was superseded by parchment . The ...
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... composed of pages cut and bound together . The books of the ancients on the shelves of their libraries were rolled up on a pin and placed erect , titled on the outside in red letters , or rubrics , and appeared like a number of small ...
... composed of pages cut and bound together . The books of the ancients on the shelves of their libraries were rolled up on a pin and placed erect , titled on the outside in red letters , or rubrics , and appeared like a number of small ...
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... composed some dithy- rambics to celebrate the festival of the goat of Etienne Jodelle ; and another , entitled " Our travels to Arcueil . " However , this Bacchanalian freak did not finish as it ought , where it had begun , among the ...
... composed some dithy- rambics to celebrate the festival of the goat of Etienne Jodelle ; and another , entitled " Our travels to Arcueil . " However , this Bacchanalian freak did not finish as it ought , where it had begun , among the ...
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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...