Curiosities of Literature, כרך 2Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, 1859 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 81
עמוד 4
... afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham , by endeavouring to persuade James that he was at the head of a conspiracy against him . We hasten to conclude these anecdotes , not to be found in the pages of Hume and ...
... afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham , by endeavouring to persuade James that he was at the head of a conspiracy against him . We hasten to conclude these anecdotes , not to be found in the pages of Hume and ...
עמוד 10
... afterwards he rewarded the planter of cabbages by creating him beglerbeg or viceroy of the Isle of Cyprus . Marc Antony gave the house of a Roman citizen to a cook , who had prepared for him a good supper ! Many have been raised to ...
... afterwards he rewarded the planter of cabbages by creating him beglerbeg or viceroy of the Isle of Cyprus . Marc Antony gave the house of a Roman citizen to a cook , who had prepared for him a good supper ! Many have been raised to ...
עמוד 16
... afterwards religiously kept up by the priests . Servius , one of the seven kings of Rome , commanded a great fire of straw to be kindled in the public place of every town in Italy to consecrate for repose a certain day in seed - time ...
... afterwards religiously kept up by the priests . Servius , one of the seven kings of Rome , commanded a great fire of straw to be kindled in the public place of every town in Italy to consecrate for repose a certain day in seed - time ...
עמוד 21
... afterwards changed his name to Castalion , with his accustomed affectation referring to Castalia , the fountain of the Muses - took a very extraordinary liberty with the sacred writings . He fancied he could give the world a more ...
... afterwards changed his name to Castalion , with his accustomed affectation referring to Castalia , the fountain of the Muses - took a very extraordinary liberty with the sacred writings . He fancied he could give the world a more ...
עמוד 23
... afterwards on plates of various materials , on ivory , on barks of trees , on leaves of trees . * Engraving memorable events on hard substances was giving , as it were , speech to rocks and metals . In the book of Job mention is made of ...
... afterwards on plates of various materials , on ivory , on barks of trees , on leaves of trees . * Engraving memorable events on hard substances was giving , as it were , speech to rocks and metals . In the book of Job mention is made of ...
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מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
actors admirable afterwards ambassador amusing anagram ancient anecdote Anthony Wood appears Bayle Ben Jonson bishop Buckingham burlesque called cardinal Catholic character Charles Cicero Coke comedy court critical curious custom delight discovered Duke Elizabeth England English fancy father favour favourite France French genius give hand Harlequin Henry historian holy honour Hudibras humour imagined invention Italian Italy James Jesuit king king's labours Lazzi learned letter literary lived Livy Lord Lord of Misrule majesty manuscript marriage master mind minister modern Molière nation nature never notice observed occasion original pantomime parody party passage passion perhaps persons philosopher poem poet political Pope preserved prince printed Puritans queen racter reign ridiculous Roman royal sador satire Saturnalia says scene secret seems Sir John songs Spain Spanish spirit taste thou tion verse volume writer written
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 98 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
עמוד 142 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
עמוד 431 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
עמוד 112 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, 'This chief transcends his father's fame.' While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
עמוד 96 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
עמוד 106 - ... human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
עמוד 225 - It cannot be denied, but that he who is made judge to sit upon the birth or death of books, whether they may be wafted into this world or not, had need to be a man above the common measure, both studious, learned and judicious...
עמוד 89 - At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true sera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years.
עמוד 224 - ... if there be found in his book one sentence of a venturous edge, uttered in the height of zeal, and who knows whether it might not be the dictate of a divine spirit...
עמוד 264 - Duke of High and Nether Holborn, ] Marquis of St. Giles and Tottenham, Count ] Palatine of Bloomsbury and Clerkenwell, Great ] Lord of the Cantons of Islington, Kentish] Town, Paddington and Knights-bridge, ] Knight of the most Heroical Order of the ] Helmet, and Sovereign of the Same; ] Who Reigned and Died, AD 1594.