The flowers of literature, or, Encyclopædia of anecdote, a coll. by W. Oxberry, 1. kötetWilliam Oxberry 1822 |
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24. oldal
... manner that Ali Bey purchased his popularity . * He afterwards learned the Arabic language , and , I believe , spoke it tolerably well when he quitted this country , and proceeded to Mekka . This garden is in the province of Haha ...
... manner that Ali Bey purchased his popularity . * He afterwards learned the Arabic language , and , I believe , spoke it tolerably well when he quitted this country , and proceeded to Mekka . This garden is in the province of Haha ...
26. oldal
... manners of Ali Bey had such influence on the imperial mind , that Muley Soliman gave him a beautiful gar- den to reside in , wherein there was a ( kóba ) pavilion . Ali Bey finding his influence considerable , erected with architec ...
... manners of Ali Bey had such influence on the imperial mind , that Muley Soliman gave him a beautiful gar- den to reside in , wherein there was a ( kóba ) pavilion . Ali Bey finding his influence considerable , erected with architec ...
36. oldal
... manners were grave and impressive . He told Mozart that he came from a person who did not wish to be known , to re- quest he would compose a solemn mass , as a requiem for the soul of a friend whom he had recently lost , and whose me ...
... manners were grave and impressive . He told Mozart that he came from a person who did not wish to be known , to re- quest he would compose a solemn mass , as a requiem for the soul of a friend whom he had recently lost , and whose me ...
41. oldal
... manners , of letters , and of politics . The public were to be conducted insensibly into so different a track from that to which they had been hitherto accustomed . Hence politics were admitted into his paper . But it remained for the ...
... manners , of letters , and of politics . The public were to be conducted insensibly into so different a track from that to which they had been hitherto accustomed . Hence politics were admitted into his paper . But it remained for the ...
44. oldal
... manner of thing to be attempted , done , or spoken , against His Majesty's Person , Honour , Crown , or Dignity Royal ; but you shall lett and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power ; and either cause it to be revealed to His ...
... manner of thing to be attempted , done , or spoken , against His Majesty's Person , Honour , Crown , or Dignity Royal ; but you shall lett and withstand the same to the uttermost of your power ; and either cause it to be revealed to His ...
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The Flowers of Literature, Or, Encyclopædia of Anecdote, a Coll. by W. Oxberry William Oxberry Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2020 |
The Flowers of Literature, Or, Encyclopaedia of Anecdote, a Coll. by W. Oxberry William Oxberry Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
The Flowers of Literature, Or, Encyclopaedia of Anecdote, a Coll. by W. Oxberry William Oxberry Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2016 |
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111. oldal - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
43. oldal - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God, the true profession of the gospel, and the Protestant reformed religion established by the law? And will you preserve unto the bishops and clergy of this realm, and to the churches committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain unto them, or any of them? King or queen: All this I promise to do.
287. oldal - Of hair-breadth scapes i' the imminent deadly breach, Of being taken by the insolent foe And sold to slavery, of my redemption thence, And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
101. oldal - Love had he found in huts where poor Men lie : His daily Teachers had been Woods and Rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
168. oldal - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
47. oldal - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
58. oldal - And it shall be upon Aaron to minister : and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not.
78. oldal - The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of fargone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.
77. oldal - ... lamented the stern policy that dictated his execution. But there was one heart, whose anguish it would be impossible to describe. In happier days and fairer fortunes, he had won the affections of a beautiful and interesting girl, the daughter of a late celebrated Irish barrister. She loved him with the disinterested fervour of a woman's first and early love.
286. oldal - Zounds, sir, you are robb'd ; for shame, put on your gown ; Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul ; Even now, very now, an old black ram Is tupping your white ewe.