The Cheltenham mail bag; or, Letters from Gloucestershire [in verse] ed. [really written?] by Peter Quince, the younger |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 26
עמוד 1
... spirits and health , yet , my ever dear Lord ! I'm sure will rejoice at my pledged re - assurance Of my keen native ardor's unbated endurance , Since there's nothing on earth that appears to my mind So liberal , so amiable , generous ...
... spirits and health , yet , my ever dear Lord ! I'm sure will rejoice at my pledged re - assurance Of my keen native ardor's unbated endurance , Since there's nothing on earth that appears to my mind So liberal , so amiable , generous ...
עמוד 4
... so lovelily fair , She has flitted away like a spirit of air ! But these trophies that fondly , yet sadly , I cherish , Shall stand in my halls , ' till my halls and I perish ; 3 Yes , I swear by the tears on my paper 4.
... so lovelily fair , She has flitted away like a spirit of air ! But these trophies that fondly , yet sadly , I cherish , Shall stand in my halls , ' till my halls and I perish ; 3 Yes , I swear by the tears on my paper 4.
עמוד 15
... spirit of the faithless tribe ! Now ceremony past and gone , Gallants ! the motley groupe lead on ; Whilst here , impartial and sincere , Shall good and bad -- by truth I swear ! Alternately displayed appear . " Vanguard to right and ...
... spirit of the faithless tribe ! Now ceremony past and gone , Gallants ! the motley groupe lead on ; Whilst here , impartial and sincere , Shall good and bad -- by truth I swear ! Alternately displayed appear . " Vanguard to right and ...
עמוד 16
... spirit flung " The holy beams of Houris ' eyes ; " -But never yet , in Fancy's dream , " Or Poet's visioned glimpse of Heaven , " Shone there so pure , so bright a beam " As to those eyes by Love was given : " -No sylphid spirit of the ...
... spirit flung " The holy beams of Houris ' eyes ; " -But never yet , in Fancy's dream , " Or Poet's visioned glimpse of Heaven , " Shone there so pure , so bright a beam " As to those eyes by Love was given : " -No sylphid spirit of the ...
עמוד 18
... gay and mirthful Prince His spirit glories to evince The soul of elegance and fire , Whose very sighs with grace respire , The airy sprite of whim and glee- The sheer " true prince " of drollery , That , in his own peculiar air , As in 18.
... gay and mirthful Prince His spirit glories to evince The soul of elegance and fire , Whose very sighs with grace respire , The airy sprite of whim and glee- The sheer " true prince " of drollery , That , in his own peculiar air , As in 18.
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.