Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character IllustratedAppleton & Company, 1846 - 510 עמודים |
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עמוד 9
... spirit , The favourite black deg of Agrippa was supposed to be a demon . When Urban Grandier , another victim to the age , was led to the stake , a hrge fly settled on his head : a monk , who ani heard that Beelz . bub signifies in ...
... spirit , The favourite black deg of Agrippa was supposed to be a demon . When Urban Grandier , another victim to the age , was led to the stake , a hrge fly settled on his head : a monk , who ani heard that Beelz . bub signifies in ...
עמוד 41
... Spirits , ' is curious . Soft wax cannot receive more various and numerous impressions than are imprinted on a man's ... spirit ; and the melancholy face of the sectaries ; the studious face of men of great application of mind ; revenge ...
... Spirits , ' is curious . Soft wax cannot receive more various and numerous impressions than are imprinted on a man's ... spirit ; and the melancholy face of the sectaries ; the studious face of men of great application of mind ; revenge ...
עמוד 60
... spirit of the good old times he calculates the coste of the embrouding or embroidering ; endenting or baring ; ounding or wavy ; paling or imitating pales ; and winding or bending ; the costlewe furring in the gounes ; so much ...
... spirit of the good old times he calculates the coste of the embrouding or embroidering ; endenting or baring ; ounding or wavy ; paling or imitating pales ; and winding or bending ; the costlewe furring in the gounes ; so much ...
עמוד 64
... spirit of impa- tience which they conceived was proper to make them bend into compliance . Theofroy , abbot of Epternac , to raise our admiration relates the daily miracles performed by the relies of saints , their ashes , their clothes ...
... spirit of impa- tience which they conceived was proper to make them bend into compliance . Theofroy , abbot of Epternac , to raise our admiration relates the daily miracles performed by the relies of saints , their ashes , their clothes ...
עמוד 70
... spirit , manner , and course of thinking , of the noble author . I believe it was written for a wager , and fairly won . 6 EDWARD THE FOURTH . Our Edward the Fourth was a gay and voluptuous prince ; and probably owed his crown to his ...
... spirit , manner , and course of thinking , of the noble author . I believe it was written for a wager , and fairly won . 6 EDWARD THE FOURTH . Our Edward the Fourth was a gay and voluptuous prince ; and probably owed his crown to his ...
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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.