Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... inventions many were singu- larly rude , and miserable substitutes for a better material . In the shepherd state they wrote their songs , with thorns and awls on straps of leather , which they wound round their crooks . The Ice- landers ...
... inventions many were singu- larly rude , and miserable substitutes for a better material . In the shepherd state they wrote their songs , with thorns and awls on straps of leather , which they wound round their crooks . The Ice- landers ...
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... inventions led to the discovery of tables of wood ; and as cedar has an anti - septic quality from its bitterness , they chose this wood for cases or chests to preserve their most import- ant 4 ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS.
... inventions led to the discovery of tables of wood ; and as cedar has an anti - septic quality from its bitterness , they chose this wood for cases or chests to preserve their most import- ant 4 ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS.
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... invention , entitled Cleopatra - it was a servile imitation of the form of the Grecian tragedy ; but if this did not require the highest genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated ...
... invention , entitled Cleopatra - it was a servile imitation of the form of the Grecian tragedy ; but if this did not require the highest genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated ...
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... inventions of a pedant . Who but a pedant could have conceived the dull fancy of forming a comedy , of five acts , on the subject of marrying the Arts ! They are the dramatis personæ of this piece , and the bachelor of arts describes ...
... inventions of a pedant . Who but a pedant could have conceived the dull fancy of forming a comedy , of five acts , on the subject of marrying the Arts ! They are the dramatis personæ of this piece , and the bachelor of arts describes ...
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... invention . As for in- stance , -Geographus , and his man Phantastes , describe to Poeta the lying wonders they pretend to have witnessed ; and this is one : " Phan . Sir , we met with a traveller that could speak six languages at the ...
... invention . As for in- stance , -Geographus , and his man Phantastes , describe to Poeta the lying wonders they pretend to have witnessed ; and this is one : " Phan . Sir , we met with a traveller that could speak six languages at 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...