Curiosities of Literature, כרך 2Frederick Warne & Company, 1866 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 91
עמוד 5
... hand , the cornucopia of royal patronage . Houssaie , in his political memoirs , has detailed an anecdote of this duke , only known to the English reader in the general observation of the historian . When he was sent to France , to ...
... hand , the cornucopia of royal patronage . Houssaie , in his political memoirs , has detailed an anecdote of this duke , only known to the English reader in the general observation of the historian . When he was sent to France , to ...
עמוד 13
... hand or foot of him they salute , and with it they gently rub their face . The Laplanders apply their nose strongly against that of the person they salute . Dampier says , that at New Guinea they are satisfied to put on their heads the ...
... hand or foot of him they salute , and with it they gently rub their face . The Laplanders apply their nose strongly against that of the person they salute . Dampier says , that at New Guinea they are satisfied to put on their heads the ...
עמוד 15
... hand ; the salutations of the master before the chair where the stranger is to be seated , for he salutes it most profoundly , and wipes the dust away with the skirts of his robe ; all these and other things are noticed , even to the ...
... hand ; the salutations of the master before the chair where the stranger is to be seated , for he salutes it most profoundly , and wipes the dust away with the skirts of his robe ; all these and other things are noticed , even to the ...
עמוד 17
... hand- grenadoes , thrown from the height of a castle . Pyrotechnics from that time have become an art , which , in the degree the VOL . II . inventors have displayed ability in combining the powers of architecture Fire , and the Origin ...
... hand- grenadoes , thrown from the height of a castle . Pyrotechnics from that time have become an art , which , in the degree the VOL . II . inventors have displayed ability in combining the powers of architecture Fire , and the Origin ...
עמוד 26
... hand ; and others composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books Mr. Astle observes , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table- books long after the ...
... hand ; and others composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books Mr. Astle observes , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table- books long after the ...
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
actors afterwards ambassador amusing anagram ancient anecdote appears Arabella Audley Bayle Ben Jonson Bishop Buckingham burlesque called cardinal Catholic character Charles Cicero comedy court critical curious custom delight diary discovered duke ECHO VERSES Elizabeth England English Epicurus father favour favourite feelings Felton France French genius Gerbier give hand Harlequin Henry holy honour Hudibras humour imagined invention Italian Italy James Jesuit king king's labours lady Lazzi learned letter literary lived Lord lord chamberlain Lord of Misrule majesty manuscript marriage master mind minister modern Molière nation nature never notice observed occasion original pantomime party passage passion perhaps persons philosopher poem poet political Pope preserved prince printed queen racter reign ridiculous Roman sador satire Saturnalia says scene secret seems Sir John songs Spain Spanish spirit taste theatre thou tion verse volume writer written
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 429 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
עמוד 443 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.
עמוד 93 - 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.
עמוד 98 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
עמוד 94 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
עמוד 309 - I may scape, I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape, That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to beast...
עמוד 103 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind; Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.
עמוד 94 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
עמוד 94 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.
עמוד 309 - ... which, when they came to a house, they did wind, and they put the drink given to them into this horn, whereto they put a stopple. Since the wars I do not remember to have seen any one of them.