The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 9
עמוד 10
... On whose enamel'd bank I'll walk , " And see how prettily they smile , and hear " How prettily they talk . " COWLEY'S COUNTRY LIFE . Naiads , nymphs of the fountain . Can win thy stern inquiring mind From the deep study 10.
... On whose enamel'd bank I'll walk , " And see how prettily they smile , and hear " How prettily they talk . " COWLEY'S COUNTRY LIFE . Naiads , nymphs of the fountain . Can win thy stern inquiring mind From the deep study 10.
עמוד 25
... hear my device for a new nether garment— So elastic and light , love , and not the least harm in't ; Could we manage such cobwebs , as drily we're told Saved the Saint + from the fate of a martyr of old , * This was probably suggested ...
... hear my device for a new nether garment— So elastic and light , love , and not the least harm in't ; Could we manage such cobwebs , as drily we're told Saved the Saint + from the fate of a martyr of old , * This was probably suggested ...
עמוד 29
... hear me thus entreat , Whene'er I find my recreant feet Betray me to one agile pace , One motion of such polished grace , - Fill them all o'er with cramps and twinges , ' Till all their joints , like rusty hinges , Stiff in their ...
... hear me thus entreat , Whene'er I find my recreant feet Betray me to one agile pace , One motion of such polished grace , - Fill them all o'er with cramps and twinges , ' Till all their joints , like rusty hinges , Stiff in their ...
עמוד 82
... Hear you old swear , " Be it her beauty or the air , - " Or the resistless power of song , - " But never till this hour before " Felt he so buoy - ant or so young ! " ( Well said , young stripling of three score ! ) -Next tripping in ...
... Hear you old swear , " Be it her beauty or the air , - " Or the resistless power of song , - " But never till this hour before " Felt he so buoy - ant or so young ! " ( Well said , young stripling of three score ! ) -Next tripping in ...
עמוד 85
... hear you exclaim , Whilst my heart's fairly bursting with anger and shame . But I'll tell you all patiently - oh , that a wretch Such as him , should have ever beguiled Dolly Sketch ! He promised " at twelve , as his soul might 85.
... hear you exclaim , Whilst my heart's fairly bursting with anger and shame . But I'll tell you all patiently - oh , that a wretch Such as him , should have ever beguiled Dolly Sketch ! He promised " at twelve , as his soul might 85.
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
ACERBUS SKETCH Adieu April 23 bard beam beauty beauty's blest bloom blushing Boarding House bosom BOTTOM'S DREAM breath bright bright eyes brow C-BB-TT called charm Charon Cheltenham COMMODUS dear Lord delight divine DOLLY SKETCH dream dull e'er EARL OF P-F-T earth earthly entre nous exquisite eyes fair Falstaff fancy Fancy's fashion feeling flame flowers forget FR-NKS friendship genius gentle girl glow gold gout grace heart Heaven humour Jove kind King LALLA ROOKH LETTER lisping looks lover mind mirth MISS DOLLY MORPHEUS Muse nature ne'er never nought o'er OLD BOND STREET once peruke PETER QUINCE play Poems rapture rhyme round royalty's scene scorn SHAKESPERE shed shew shine sighs slumber smile song soul sparkling spirit spleen springs strain swear sweet tears thee There's thine thou thought thro true truth Twas vulgar Whilst young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 57 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East, with richest hand, Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
עמוד 100 - This is a gift that I have, simple, simple; a foolish extravagant spirit, full of forms, figures, shapes, objects, ideas, apprehensions, motions, revolutions : these are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion : But the gilt is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankful for it.
עמוד 108 - The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report what my dream was.
עמוד 112 - Sunt geminae Somni portae; quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, 895 sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
עמוד 30 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the Gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well, As large, as languishingly dark, But Soul beam'd forth in every spark...
עמוד 55 - Monarchies,'' it is laid down that " a Free monarchy is one in which the monarch is perfectly free to do as he pleases.
עמוד 52 - I have, not without a little envy, observed of late the style of some great ministers very much to exceed that of any other productions.
עמוד 94 - And as plump, aye as any Princess of the blood, Carved in stone, but a good imitation of wood ; — With her vest all in plaits — like some ancient costume Either Roman or Grecian, I fairly presume ; Tho...
עמוד 10 - Here let me careless and unthoughtful lying, Hear the soft winds above me flying With all their wanton boughs dispute, And the more tuneful birds to both replying, Nor be myself too mute.