Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... manners The marriage of the arts A contrivance in dramatic dialogue The comedy of a madman 14 30 38 43 46 Solitude 50 Literary friendships 59 Anecdotes of abstraction of mind 66 Richardson 72 Theological style 78 Influence of names 80 ...
... manners The marriage of the arts A contrivance in dramatic dialogue The comedy of a madman 14 30 38 43 46 Solitude 50 Literary friendships 59 Anecdotes of abstraction of mind 66 Richardson 72 Theological style 78 Influence of names 80 ...
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... manner of writing we still retain , for the inscrip- tions , epitaphs , and other memorials designed to reach posterity . These early inventions led to the discovery of tables of wood ; and as cedar has an anti - septic quality from its ...
... manner of writing we still retain , for the inscrip- tions , epitaphs , and other memorials designed to reach posterity . These early inventions led to the discovery of tables of wood ; and as cedar has an anti - septic quality from its ...
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... kind , were the privileges of the feudal lords ! Mezeray observes , that it is from these circumstances romancers have invented their tales of knights errant , 14 ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . Anecdotes of European manners.
... kind , were the privileges of the feudal lords ! Mezeray observes , that it is from these circumstances romancers have invented their tales of knights errant , 14 ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . Anecdotes of European manners.
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... invent so many fables concerning princesses of great beauty guarded by dragons . A singular and barbarous custom prevailed during this period ; it consisted in punishments by mutilations ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 15.
... invent so many fables concerning princesses of great beauty guarded by dragons . A singular and barbarous custom prevailed during this period ; it consisted in punishments by mutilations ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 15.
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... manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ! The following one existed even to the reformation . In the church of ...
... manners and devotion of a later period , 1230 , which like the ancient mysteries consisted of a mixture of farce and piety ; religion in fact was their amuse- ment ! The following one existed even to the reformation . In the church of ...
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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...