Curiosities of Literature, Հատոր 3E. Moxon, 1834 |
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... humour and lively repartees greatly delighted him . Gondomar persuaded him that the presence of the prince would not fail of accomplishing this union , and also the restitution of the electorate to his son - in - law the palatine . Add ...
... humour and lively repartees greatly delighted him . Gondomar persuaded him that the presence of the prince would not fail of accomplishing this union , and also the restitution of the electorate to his son - in - law the palatine . Add ...
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... a roasted boar prepared for him , when his majesty happened to be in the humour of feasting on one ! and the title of Sugar - loaf - court , in Leadenhall - street , was probably derived from another piece of munificence of this monarch.
... a roasted boar prepared for him , when his majesty happened to be in the humour of feasting on one ! and the title of Sugar - loaf - court , in Leadenhall - street , was probably derived from another piece of munificence of this monarch.
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... humour to abuse the pope , and begin a REFORMATION . It would be curious to sketch an account of the probable situation of Europe at the pre- sent moment , had the pontiffs preserved the omnipotent power of which they had gradually ...
... humour to abuse the pope , and begin a REFORMATION . It would be curious to sketch an account of the probable situation of Europe at the pre- sent moment , had the pontiffs preserved the omnipotent power of which they had gradually ...
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... humour was to croak sublimely , whenever they did . not agree with their judge . Clavigero , in his curious history of Mexico , has given Acosta's account of the Mexican theatre , which appears to resemble the first scenes among the ...
... humour was to croak sublimely , whenever they did . not agree with their judge . Clavigero , in his curious history of Mexico , has given Acosta's account of the Mexican theatre , which appears to resemble the first scenes among the ...
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... humour , he has at times an extravagance of invention . As for instance , — Geographus , and his man Phantastes , describe to Poeta the lying wonders they pretend to have witnessed ; and this is one : - " Phan . Sir , we met with a ...
... humour , he has at times an extravagance of invention . As for instance , — Geographus , and his man Phantastes , describe to Poeta the lying wonders they pretend to have witnessed ; and this is one : - " Phan . Sir , we met with a ...
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Էջ 148 - 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...
Էջ 164 - 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...
Էջ 144 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Էջ 262 - 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!
Էջ 155 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Էջ 154 - Though poverty's cold wind, and crushing rain, Beat keen, and heavy on thy tender years.' Oh, let me now, into a richer soil, Transplant thee safe ! where vernal suns and showers, Diffuse their warmest, largest influence : And of my garden be the pride, and joy...
Էջ 150 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Էջ 159 - ... 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...
Էջ 147 - There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives, derived from substantives, the termination of participles ; such as the cultured plain, the daisied bank ; but I was sorry to see, in the lines of a scholar like Gray, the honied spring.
Էջ 164 - With his loll'd tongue he faintly licks his prey ; His warm breath blows her flix up as she lies ; She, trembling, creeps upon the ground away, And looks back to him with beseeching eyes.