Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character IllustratedAppleton & Company, 1846 - 510 עמודים |
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עמוד 2
... amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class of ...
... amusing , might prove somewhat more instructive ; and that literary history afforded an almost unexplored source of interesting facts . The work itself has been well enough received by the public to justify its design . Every class of ...
עמוד 6
... amused by the raillery and severity of the founder of this dynasty of new critics , now murmured at the want of that salt and acidity by which they had relished the fugitive collation . They were not satisfied in having the most ...
... amused by the raillery and severity of the founder of this dynasty of new critics , now murmured at the want of that salt and acidity by which they had relished the fugitive collation . They were not satisfied in having the most ...
עמוד 7
... amusing , and their raptures , their congratulations , or at times their condolence , and even their censures , are all immoderate and excessive . The acquisition of a province would not have given so much satisfaction as the discovery ...
... amusing , and their raptures , their congratulations , or at times their condolence , and even their censures , are all immoderate and excessive . The acquisition of a province would not have given so much satisfaction as the discovery ...
עמוד 8
... amusing himself in the country . He hastened to the maker of the battledore - but arrived too late ! The man had finished the last page of Livy - about a week before ! Many works have undoubtedly perished in this manu- script state . By ...
... amusing himself in the country . He hastened to the maker of the battledore - but arrived too late ! The man had finished the last page of Livy - about a week before ! Many works have undoubtedly perished in this manu- script state . By ...
עמוד 12
... amused himself in cultivating trees ; Barclay , the author of the Argenis , in his leisure hours was a florist ; Balsac amused himself with a collec- tion of crayon portraits ; Peiresc found his amusement amongst his medals and ...
... amused himself in cultivating trees ; Barclay , the author of the Argenis , in his leisure hours was a florist ; Balsac amused himself with a collec- tion of crayon portraits ; Peiresc found his amusement amongst his medals and ...
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עמוד 77 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
עמוד 151 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ^sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
עמוד 148 - 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 152 - This chief transcends his father's fame : While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart o'erflows with joy.' He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms, Restored the pleasing burden to her arms; Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she laid, Hush'd to repose, and with a smile survey'd.
עמוד 205 - ... in respect of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
עמוד 9 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
עמוד 148 - Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, He from the east his flaming road begin ; Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid ; Leave them to God above, him serve and fear.
עמוד 181 - When a man writes to the world, he summons up all his reason and deliberation to assist him ; he searches, meditates, is industrious, and likely consults and confers with his judicious friends ; after all which done, he takes himself to be informed in what he writes, as well as any that writ before him...
עמוד 283 - Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock...
עמוד 169 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain; The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.