Curiosities of literature. (Repr. of the 7th ed.).John Murray, 1824 |
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... seems to have conceived that the exactness of the number was equally natural and tender . Are we not to class among literary follies the strange researches which writers , even of the 1 present day , have made in Antediluvian times ? 14 ...
... seems to have conceived that the exactness of the number was equally natural and tender . Are we not to class among literary follies the strange researches which writers , even of the 1 present day , have made in Antediluvian times ? 14 ...
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... seems not only decent but rational to say that we know nothing concerning them . " Without alluding to living writers , Dr. Parsons , in his erudite " Remains of Japhet , " tracing the origin of the alphabetical character , supposes ...
... seems not only decent but rational to say that we know nothing concerning them . " Without alluding to living writers , Dr. Parsons , in his erudite " Remains of Japhet , " tracing the origin of the alphabetical character , supposes ...
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... seem to have at times great claims to originality ! Littleton , the author of the Latin and English Dictionary , seems to have indulged his favourite propensity to punning so far as even to intro- duce a pun in the grave and elaborate ...
... seem to have at times great claims to originality ! Littleton , the author of the Latin and English Dictionary , seems to have indulged his favourite propensity to punning so far as even to intro- duce a pun in the grave and elaborate ...
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... seems useful , and I shall therefore add some other particulars ; for this topic has many branches . Of the following specimens the gross- ness and malignity are extreme ; yet they were employed by the first scholars in Europe . Martin ...
... seems useful , and I shall therefore add some other particulars ; for this topic has many branches . Of the following specimens the gross- ness and malignity are extreme ; yet they were employed by the first scholars in Europe . Martin ...
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... seems superior to his adversary in the vigour and propriety of his style , in the force of his reasoning , and the learn- ing of his citations . It is true he leans too much his character , argues in his garter - robes , and writes as ...
... seems superior to his adversary in the vigour and propriety of his style , in the force of his reasoning , and the learn- ing of his citations . It is true he leans too much his character , argues in his garter - robes , and writes as ...
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Curiosities of literature. (Repr. of the 7th ed.). Isaac Disraeli Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1824 |
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Sida 486 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Sida 476 - 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 481 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Sida 477 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Sida 415 - Sogni e favole io fingo; e pure in carte Mentre favole e sogni orno e disegno, In lor, folle ch'io son, prendo tal parte, Che del mal che inventai piango e mi sdegno.
Sida 484 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Sida 494 - ... 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 480 - There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives, derived from substantives, the termination of participles ; such as the cultured plain, the daisied bank ; but I was sorry to see, in the lines of a scholar like Gray, the honied spring.
Sida 239 - Lā, content du succčs que le mérite donne, Par d'illustres avis je n'éblouis personne ; Je satisfais ensemble et peuple et courtisans , Et mes vers en tous lieux sont mes seuls partisans : Par leur seule beauté ma plume est estimée : Je ne dois qu'ā moi seul toute ma renommée; Et pense toutefois n'avoir point de rival A qui je fasse tort en le traitant d'égal.
Sida 151 - Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.