Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... nature , is incorruptible . Men generally used it to write their testaments on , the better to preserve them ; thus Juvenal says , Ceras implere capaces . This thin paste of wax was also used on tablets of wood , that it might more ...
... nature , is incorruptible . Men generally used it to write their testaments on , the better to preserve them ; thus Juvenal says , Ceras implere capaces . This thin paste of wax was also used on tablets of wood , that it might more ...
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... Nature makes the stronger tie ! One of these rude French plays , about 1600 , is entitled " La Rebellion , ou mescontentement des Grenouilles contre Jupiter , " in five acts . The sub- ject of this tragi - comic piece is nothing more ...
... Nature makes the stronger tie ! One of these rude French plays , about 1600 , is entitled " La Rebellion , ou mescontentement des Grenouilles contre Jupiter , " in five acts . The sub- ject of this tragi - comic piece is nothing more ...
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... nature of a bubble of air , and , when touched , we find nothing but emptiness in our hand . It is certain that the most eloquent writers in favour of solitude have left behind them too many memorials of their unhappy feelings , when ...
... nature of a bubble of air , and , when touched , we find nothing but emptiness in our hand . It is certain that the most eloquent writers in favour of solitude have left behind them too many memorials of their unhappy feelings , when ...
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... Nature est bonne à imiter , mais non pas jusqu'au l'ennui . " But thus it was not with the other two congenial geniuses ! The fervent opinion of Rousseau must be familiar to the reader ; but Diderot , in his eloge on Richardson ...
... Nature est bonne à imiter , mais non pas jusqu'au l'ennui . " But thus it was not with the other two congenial geniuses ! The fervent opinion of Rousseau must be familiar to the reader ; but Diderot , in his eloge on Richardson ...
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... nature , thou never liest ! " I have never yet met with a person who shared my enthusiasm , that I was not tempted to embrace , and to press him in my arms ! " Richardson is no more ! His loss touches me , as if my brother was no more ...
... nature , thou never liest ! " I have never yet met with a person who shared my enthusiasm , that I was not tempted to embrace , and to press him in my arms ! " Richardson is no more ! His loss touches me , as if my brother was no more ...
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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...