Histoire littéraire des fous

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Trübner & Company, 1860 - 184 עמודים

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עמוד 41 - I remember, poor Nat. Lee, who was then upon the verge of madness, yet made a sober and a witty answer to a bad poet, who told him, It was an easie thing to write like a madman : No, said he, it is very difficult to write like a madman, but it is a very easy matter to write like a fool.
עמוד 43 - Strong against tide the enormous whale Emerges as he goes. But stronger still in earth and air, And in the sea, the man of prayer, And far beneath the tide: And in the seat to faith assigned, Where ask is have, where seek is find, Where knock is open wide.
עמוד 43 - Sweet is the dew that falls betimes, And drops upon the leafy limes ; Sweet, Hermon's fragrant air: Sweet is the lily's silver bell, And sweet the wakeful tapers' smell That watch for early prayer.
עמוד 157 - L'auteur explique la gravure de la manière fuivante : " L'homme fera " couché à la renverfe, la femme fera " auffi couchée vis-à-vis de l'homme. " Une des gorges d'un ferpent à deux " gorges et à quatre griffes, tirera la " langue de l'homme, et l'autre gorge " engouffre la partie honteufe de " l'homme, fur la femme il y aura un " dragon qui aura une grandé queue, " laquelle entrera dedans la partie " honteufe de la femme, les deux " griffes fur les deux mammelles. Il " ne faudra pas que...
עמוד 9 - And all the trouble of my lot Be dissipated and forgot. Wise people do, I know, believe That birds, when they have ceased to breathe, Will never more revive ; But — though I cannot tell you why — I hope, though Goldie chanced to die, To see him yet alive ! May there not be — if Heaven please — In Paradise, both birds and trees ? I've had such dreams — they may be true : Meantime, my little pet, Adieu ! ii.
עמוד 52 - ... expedients, — opened wide the great gate of the barnyard, and essayed to drive him in, and we did it too — almost ; for he ran close up to it, — and just sailed past, with a laugh as plain on his face as ever horse had ! Man is vastly superior to a horse in many respects. But running, on a hot...
עמוד 30 - Les banquiers de la France 666 Des organistes de la foi 666 Et des concerts de la cadence 666 Vont accomplir la loi 666 Et contre-miner l'alliance 666 OOUTHCOTE (JoANNA).
עמוד 98 - Real, de M. de Pommereul et du préfet de l'Ourthe, plus deux autres laissés à l'auteur, échappèrent seuls à cet immense désastre. Aux yeux des bibliomanes, le livre de Dachet a donc aujourd'hui un fort grand mérite, celui de la rareté ; il n'a guère que celui- là.
עמוד 43 - Strong against tide, th' enormous whale Emerges, as he goes. But stronger still, in earth and air, And in the sea, the man of pray'r ; And far beneath the tide ; And in the seat to faith assign'd, Where ask is have, where...

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