Curiosities of Literature, 4. kötetJ. Murray, 1823 |
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7. oldal
... eyes do not see so well on paper , and observes that the frequent necessity of dipping the pen in the inkstand retards the hand , and is but ill suited to the celerity of the mind . Some of these table- books are conjectured to have ...
... eyes do not see so well on paper , and observes that the frequent necessity of dipping the pen in the inkstand retards the hand , and is but ill suited to the celerity of the mind . Some of these table- books are conjectured to have ...
9. oldal
... eye . They generally wrote in letters of gold and silver on purple or violet parchment . This custom continued in the early ages of the church ; and copies of the evangelists of this kind are preserved in the British Museum . When the ...
... eye . They generally wrote in letters of gold and silver on purple or violet parchment . This custom continued in the early ages of the church ; and copies of the evangelists of this kind are preserved in the British Museum . When the ...
19. oldal
... eyes to the swarthy beauties of their Spanish and their Italian neighbours . " The following is an amusing anecdote of the difficulty in which an honest Vicar of Bray found himself in those contentious times . When the court of Rome ...
... eyes to the swarthy beauties of their Spanish and their Italian neighbours . " The following is an amusing anecdote of the difficulty in which an honest Vicar of Bray found himself in those contentious times . When the court of Rome ...
40. oldal
... man breathing ; with his eye he would sparkle forth the proud Spanish ; with his nose blow out most robustious Dutch ; the creaking of his high - heeled shoe would articulate exact Polo- nian 40 THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS .
... man breathing ; with his eye he would sparkle forth the proud Spanish ; with his nose blow out most robustious Dutch ; the creaking of his high - heeled shoe would articulate exact Polo- nian 40 THE MARRIAGE OF THE ARTS .
63. oldal
... eyes to see . My son is my learning , as I am that to him which he has not . - We make one man , and such a compound man may probably produce what no single man can . " And further , " I always think it my peculiar " I happiness to be ...
... eyes to see . My son is my learning , as I am that to him which he has not . - We make one man , and such a compound man may probably produce what no single man can . " And further , " I always think it my peculiar " I happiness to be ...
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146. oldal - En vain contre le Cid un ministre se ligue : Tout Paris pour Chimène a les yeux de Rodrigue.
144. oldal - 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.
160. oldal - 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...
135. oldal - 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.
154. oldal - ... 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...
218. oldal - 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.
149. oldal - 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.
166. oldal - 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.
153. oldal - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.
159. oldal - 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...