Curiosities of Literature, כרך 2Frederick Warne & Company, 1866 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 51
עמוד 35
... lived near two centuries before Francis , dined at ten , supped at seven , and all the court was in bed by nine o'clock . They sounded the curfew , which bell warned them to cover their fire , at six in the winter , and between eight ...
... lived near two centuries before Francis , dined at ten , supped at seven , and all the court was in bed by nine o'clock . They sounded the curfew , which bell warned them to cover their fire , at six in the winter , and between eight ...
עמוד 51
... lived in the age of rebellion , and used torture : we must entirely put aside his political , to attend to his literary character . Blair has quoted his plead- ings as a model of eloquence , and Grahame is unjust to the fame of ...
... lived in the age of rebellion , and used torture : we must entirely put aside his political , to attend to his literary character . Blair has quoted his plead- ings as a model of eloquence , and Grahame is unjust to the fame of ...
עמוד 55
... lived to an advanced age , and died nearly at the same time . Their fortune bore , too , a resemblance ; for they were both pensioned , but lived and died separated in the distant courts of Vienna and Madrid . Montaigne and Charron were ...
... lived to an advanced age , and died nearly at the same time . Their fortune bore , too , a resemblance ; for they were both pensioned , but lived and died separated in the distant courts of Vienna and Madrid . Montaigne and Charron were ...
עמוד 63
... lived with one they love , and are on the point of separation . At the close of the work I seemed to remain deserted . " The impassioned Diderot then breaks forth : - " Oh , Rich- ardson ! thou singular genius in my eyes ! thou shalt ...
... lived with one they love , and are on the point of separation . At the close of the work I seemed to remain deserted . " The impassioned Diderot then breaks forth : - " Oh , Rich- ardson ! thou singular genius in my eyes ! thou shalt ...
עמוד 85
... lived ; posterity owes him little , and pays him nothing ! Bayle , an experienced observer in literary matters , tells us that correction is by no means practicable by some authors , as in the case of Ovid . In exile , his compositions ...
... lived ; posterity owes him little , and pays him nothing ! Bayle , an experienced observer in literary matters , tells us that correction is by no means practicable by some authors , as in the case of Ovid . In exile , his compositions ...
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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.