Curiosities of Literature, 4. kötetJ. Murray, 1823 |
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41. oldal
... turning dactyles , for their nimble view . Her ribs like staues of Sapphicks doe descend Thither , which but to name were to offend . Her arms like two Iambics raised on hie , Doe with her brow bear equal majestie ; Her legs like two ...
... turning dactyles , for their nimble view . Her ribs like staues of Sapphicks doe descend Thither , which but to name were to offend . Her arms like two Iambics raised on hie , Doe with her brow bear equal majestie ; Her legs like two ...
43. oldal
... , a co- medy written to satirise the Whigs of those days , was accused of having copied his character too closely after life , and his enemies turned his co- A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE . 43 A contrivance in dramatic dialogue.
... , a co- medy written to satirise the Whigs of those days , was accused of having copied his character too closely after life , and his enemies turned his co- A CONTRIVANCE IN DRAMATIC DIALOGUE . 43 A contrivance in dramatic dialogue.
44. oldal
Isaac Disraeli. closely after life , and his enemies turned his co- medy into a libel . He has defended himself in his preface from this imputation . It was particularly laid to his charge that in the characters of Bar- toline , an old ...
Isaac Disraeli. closely after life , and his enemies turned his co- medy into a libel . He has defended himself in his preface from this imputation . It was particularly laid to his charge that in the characters of Bar- toline , an old ...
54. oldal
... turned to dust and ashes ! " I cannot close this subject without the addition of some anecdotes , which may be useful . A man of letters finds solitude necessary , and for him solitude has its pleasures and its conveniences ; but we ...
... turned to dust and ashes ! " I cannot close this subject without the addition of some anecdotes , which may be useful . A man of letters finds solitude necessary , and for him solitude has its pleasures and its conveniences ; but we ...
85. oldal
Isaac Disraeli. ginally named Hertz Schwarts ( black earth ) , which he elegantly turned into the Greek name of Melancthon . The vulgar name of a great Italian poet was Trapasso , but when the learned Gravina resolved to devote the youth ...
Isaac Disraeli. ginally named Hertz Schwarts ( black earth ) , which he elegantly turned into the Greek name of Melancthon . The vulgar name of a great Italian poet was Trapasso , but when the learned Gravina resolved to devote the youth ...
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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...