The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, 42. kötet |
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52. oldal
... Julius Cæsar upon an imperial scale not long before his death , and the learned M. Varro was employed to collect and ar- range the books for the foundation of an ample li- brary ; its completion , which was interrupted by the death of ...
... Julius Cæsar upon an imperial scale not long before his death , and the learned M. Varro was employed to collect and ar- range the books for the foundation of an ample li- brary ; its completion , which was interrupted by the death of ...
56. oldal
... Cæsar's table . We are told indeed that Cato the Censor loved his jest , but we should have been doubly glad to have partaken of it : what a pity it is that nobody thought it worth their while to record some pleasanter specimen than ...
... Cæsar's table . We are told indeed that Cato the Censor loved his jest , but we should have been doubly glad to have partaken of it : what a pity it is that nobody thought it worth their while to record some pleasanter specimen than ...
58. oldal
... Julius Cæsar : by what happy chance I traced this valuable relic , and with what pains I possessed myself of it , may be matter of future explanation : I have the satisfaction however to premise to the reader , that it is written with ...
... Julius Cæsar : by what happy chance I traced this valuable relic , and with what pains I possessed myself of it , may be matter of future explanation : I have the satisfaction however to premise to the reader , that it is written with ...
59. oldal
... Cæsar to excuse him : it was to no purpose , Cæsar had made it his point , and his point he would carry the word of Cæsar was law , and Laberius , driven out of all his defences , was obliged to submit and com- ply . Cæsar makes a grand ...
... Cæsar to excuse him : it was to no purpose , Cæsar had made it his point , and his point he would carry the word of Cæsar was law , and Laberius , driven out of all his defences , was obliged to submit and com- ply . Cæsar makes a grand ...
60. oldal
... Cæsar's actor now , and compass more In one short hour , than all my life before . " O Fortune ! fickle source of good and ill , If here to place me ' twas thy sovereign will , Why , when I'd youth and faculties to please So great a ...
... Cæsar's actor now , and compass more In one short hour , than all my life before . " O Fortune ! fickle source of good and ill , If here to place me ' twas thy sovereign will , Why , when I'd youth and faculties to please So great a ...
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139. oldal - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
173. oldal - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
211. oldal - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
284. oldal - 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, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
147. oldal - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
174. oldal - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
178. oldal - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
183. oldal - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
140. oldal - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
153. oldal - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.