Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... delight in seeing his horses of mannage rid by his escuyers , whom he instructs in that art for his own pleasure . But in the art of weapons ( in which he has a method beyond all that ever was famous in it , found out by his own ...
... delight in seeing his horses of mannage rid by his escuyers , whom he instructs in that art for his own pleasure . But in the art of weapons ( in which he has a method beyond all that ever was famous in it , found out by his own ...
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... delighted him in theory ; but three years after- wards he fixed himself in London . Evelyn , who wrote in favour of ... delightful ! Alas ! every thing in life seems to have in it the nature of a bubble of air , and , when touched , we ...
... delighted him in theory ; but three years after- wards he fixed himself in London . Evelyn , who wrote in favour of ... delightful ! Alas ! every thing in life seems to have in it the nature of a bubble of air , and , when touched , we ...
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... delight of Europe , both lived to an advanced age , and died nearly at the same time . Their fortune bore , too , a resemblance ; for they were both pensioned , " but lived and died separated in the distant courts of LITERARY ...
... delight of Europe , both lived to an advanced age , and died nearly at the same time . Their fortune bore , too , a resemblance ; for they were both pensioned , " but lived and died separated in the distant courts of LITERARY ...
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... delighted by his favourite " Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians , " that he distinguished it by a title of doting fondness ; he named it after his wife , and called it “ His Catharine . ” ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND . SOME ...
... delighted by his favourite " Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians , " that he distinguished it by a title of doting fondness ; he named it after his wife , and called it “ His Catharine . ” ANECDOTES OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND . SOME ...
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... delight in the ceaseless progression of his studies , that he would never willingly quit his maps to take the ... delightful that I have spent twelve and fourteen successively at my writing - desk , and still F 2 OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND . 67.
... delight in the ceaseless progression of his studies , that he would never willingly quit his maps to take the ... delightful that I have spent twelve and fourteen successively at my writing - desk , and still F 2 OF ABSTRACTION OF MIND . 67.
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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...