Curiosities of Literature, כרך 2Frederick Warne & Company, 1866 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 58
עמוד 9
... piece , and re- peatedly fired at them . Such was the effect of religion operating , perhaps not on a malignant , but on a feeble mind ! 10 ROYAL PROMOTIONS . Ir the golden gate of preferment The Death of Charles IX . 9.
... piece , and re- peatedly fired at them . Such was the effect of religion operating , perhaps not on a malignant , but on a feeble mind ! 10 ROYAL PROMOTIONS . Ir the golden gate of preferment The Death of Charles IX . 9.
עמוד 10
... piece of munificence of this monarch : the widow of a Mr. Cornwallis was rewarded by the gift of a dissolved priory there situated , for some fine puddings with which she had presented his majesty ! When Cardinal de Monte was elected ...
... piece of munificence of this monarch : the widow of a Mr. Cornwallis was rewarded by the gift of a dissolved priory there situated , for some fine puddings with which she had presented his majesty ! When Cardinal de Monte was elected ...
עמוד 23
... piece of bark , about two yards long , and richly ornamented with gold . No. 3207 is a book of Mexican hieroglyphics , painted on bark . In the same collection are various species , many from the Malabar coast and the East . The latter ...
... piece of bark , about two yards long , and richly ornamented with gold . No. 3207 is a book of Mexican hieroglyphics , painted on bark . In the same collection are various species , many from the Malabar coast and the East . The latter ...
עמוד 26
... piece of red wax , as we should underline such by red ink . Table - books written upon with styles were not entirely laid aside in Chaucer's time , who describes them in his Sompner's tale : - His fellow had a staffe tipp'd with horne ...
... piece of red wax , as we should underline such by red ink . Table - books written upon with styles were not entirely laid aside in Chaucer's time , who describes them in his Sompner's tale : - His fellow had a staffe tipp'd with horne ...
עמוד 32
... piece of cold pleasantry - that all Bristol could not afford him one ! At the time when all these follies were practised , they would not suffer men to play at chess ! Velly says , " A statute of Eudes de Sully prohibits clergymen not ...
... piece of cold pleasantry - that all Bristol could not afford him one ! At the time when all these follies were practised , they would not suffer men to play at chess ! Velly says , " A statute of Eudes de Sully prohibits clergymen not ...
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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.