Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... majesty offered several times , after two acts , to withdraw . He was prevailed to sit it out , in mere charity to the Oxford scholars . The following humorous epigram was produced on the occasion : At Christ church marriage done before ...
... majesty offered several times , after two acts , to withdraw . He was prevailed to sit it out , in mere charity to the Oxford scholars . The following humorous epigram was produced on the occasion : At Christ church marriage done before ...
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... majesty . The king's barber was named Olivier le Diable . At first the king allowed him to get rid of the offensive ... majesty's ordinance to be called Le Dain , under penalty of law if any one should call him Le Diable , Le Malin , or ...
... majesty . The king's barber was named Olivier le Diable . At first the king allowed him to get rid of the offensive ... majesty's ordinance to be called Le Dain , under penalty of law if any one should call him Le Diable , Le Malin , or ...
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... majesty . An edict was issued to forbid their presence at the coronation ; but several , whose curiosity was greater than their prudence , conceived that they might pass unob- served among the crowd , and ventured to in- sinuate ...
... majesty . An edict was issued to forbid their presence at the coronation ; but several , whose curiosity was greater than their prudence , conceived that they might pass unob- served among the crowd , and ventured to in- sinuate ...
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... historical notices of this custom . I give a summary , for the benefit of those who have had the honour of kissing his majesty's hand . It is not those who kiss the ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS . 109 On the custom of kissing hands.
... historical notices of this custom . I give a summary , for the benefit of those who have had the honour of kissing his majesty's hand . It is not those who kiss the ON THE CUSTOM OF KISSING HANDS . 109 On the custom of kissing hands.
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Isaac Disraeli. majesty's hand . It is not those who kiss the royal hand who could write best on the custom . This custom is not only very ancient , and nearly universal , but has been alike participated by reli- gion and society . To ...
Isaac Disraeli. majesty's hand . It is not those who kiss the royal hand who could write best on the custom . This custom is not only very ancient , and nearly universal , but has been alike participated by reli- gion and society . To ...
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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...