Curiosities of Literature, Volym 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... large house , on the bulks and spars of which he had engraved the history of his own and more ancient times ; while another northern hero appears to have had no- " thing better than his own chair and bed to B 2 OF WRITING . 3.
... large house , on the bulks and spars of which he had engraved the history of his own and more ancient times ; while another northern hero appears to have had no- " thing better than his own chair and bed to B 2 OF WRITING . 3.
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Isaac Disraeli. " thing better than his own chair and bed to per- petuate his own heroic acts on . At the town - hall , in Hanover , are kept twelve wooden boards , over- laid with bees wax , on which are written the names of owners of ...
Isaac Disraeli. " thing better than his own chair and bed to per- petuate his own heroic acts on . At the town - hall , in Hanover , are kept twelve wooden boards , over- laid with bees wax , on which are written the names of owners of ...
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... thing of the kind . The rolls and records from the fifteenth century to the end of the seventeenth , compared with those of the fifth to the twelfth cen- turies , show the excellence of the earlier ones , which are all in the finest ...
... thing of the kind . The rolls and records from the fifteenth century to the end of the seventeenth , compared with those of the fifth to the twelfth cen- turies , show the excellence of the earlier ones , which are all in the finest ...
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... thing simply , to 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.
... thing simply , to 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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... , fragments , bones , spittle , excrements of dogs and cats , and every thing that is nasty . I shall give a sketch of the domestic life of a nobleman in the reign of Charles the First , from ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 27.
... , fragments , bones , spittle , excrements of dogs and cats , and every thing that is nasty . I shall give a sketch of the domestic life of a nobleman in the reign of Charles the First , from ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 27.
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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...