Observations on the Fairy Queen of Spenser, Հատոր 2C. Stower, 1807 |
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Էջ 78
... style , may we not partly account for it from this cause : That he had been long habituated to the sight of these emblematical personages , visibly decorated with their proper attributes and actually endued with speech , motion , and ...
... style , may we not partly account for it from this cause : That he had been long habituated to the sight of these emblematical personages , visibly decorated with their proper attributes and actually endued with speech , motion , and ...
Էջ 81
... styles these figures Maskers . st . 6 . The whiles the Maskers marched forth in trim array . vii . The first was Fancy , like a lovely boy , Of rare aspect . VOL . II . Ꮐ From what has been said , I would not have 81.
... styles these figures Maskers . st . 6 . The whiles the Maskers marched forth in trim array . vii . The first was Fancy , like a lovely boy , Of rare aspect . VOL . II . Ꮐ From what has been said , I would not have 81.
Էջ 112
... styles his Faerie Queene , a morall Lay , where the shepherd addresses Colin Clout , who represents Spenser . Whether it were some Hymne , or morall lay , Or caroll made to please thy loved lasse . And Bishop Hall , in the prologue to ...
... styles his Faerie Queene , a morall Lay , where the shepherd addresses Colin Clout , who represents Spenser . Whether it were some Hymne , or morall lay , Or caroll made to please thy loved lasse . And Bishop Hall , in the prologue to ...
Էջ 206
... style much earlier . Perhaps the ear- liest is Somerset - house , in the Strand , built about the year 1549 , by the Duke of So- merset , uncle to Edward VI . The monu- ment of Bishop Gardiner in Winchester ca- thedral , made in the ...
... style much earlier . Perhaps the ear- liest is Somerset - house , in the Strand , built about the year 1549 , by the Duke of So- merset , uncle to Edward VI . The monu- ment of Bishop Gardiner in Winchester ca- thedral , made in the ...
Էջ 207
... style peculiar to themselves , both in form and finishing ; where , though much of the old Gothic is retained , and great part of the new taste is adopted , yet neither predomi- nates ; while both , thus indistinctly blended , compose a ...
... style peculiar to themselves , both in form and finishing ; where , though much of the old Gothic is retained , and great part of the new taste is adopted , yet neither predomi- nates ; while both , thus indistinctly blended , compose a ...
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Էջ 88 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written. MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Էջ 90 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Էջ 149 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Էջ 88 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
Էջ 191 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Էջ 296 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Էջ 263 - I sonnet of my mistress' face, To paint some Blowesse with a borrowed grace ; Nor can I bide to pen some hungrie scene For thick-skin ears, and undiscerning eyne.
Էջ 14 - Through the dear might of him that walked the waves Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Էջ 89 - And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held : and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth...
Էջ 221 - ... and spoked wheels upon occasion ; but having rejected cornices, they had no need of great engines : stone upon stone was easily piled up to great heights ; therefore the pride of their work was in pinnacles and steeples.