Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... letter S ; so that this inept ingenuity appears to have been one of those literary fashions which are sometimes encouraged even by those who should VOL . II . B first oppose such progresses into the realms of non- sense.
... letter S ; so that this inept ingenuity appears to have been one of those literary fashions which are sometimes encouraged even by those who should VOL . II . B first oppose such progresses into the realms of non- sense.
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... should be forced to stand in their particular places . Puttenham in that very scarce book " The Art of Poesie , " p . 75 , gives several odd specimens of poems in the forms of lozenges , rhomboids , pillars , & c . Some of them from ...
... should be forced to stand in their particular places . Puttenham in that very scarce book " The Art of Poesie , " p . 75 , gives several odd specimens of poems in the forms of lozenges , rhomboids , pillars , & c . Some of them from ...
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... " They are so much like the fine verses I have heard here , that it is not surprising I should be for once mistaken ! " In the " Scribleriad " we find a good account of the Cento . A Cento primary signifies a cloak made LITERARY FOLLIES .
... " They are so much like the fine verses I have heard here , that it is not surprising I should be for once mistaken ! " In the " Scribleriad " we find a good account of the Cento . A Cento primary signifies a cloak made LITERARY FOLLIES .
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... should be formed of those of his name and of the subject he treats . This odd invention was not discovered till many years afterwards ; when the wits employed them- selves in decyphering it , unfortunately it became a source of literary ...
... should be formed of those of his name and of the subject he treats . This odd invention was not discovered till many years afterwards ; when the wits employed them- selves in decyphering it , unfortunately it became a source of literary ...
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... should ever exist in the republic of letters ; that it should be allowed always to name those whom we refute ; and that it is sufficient for this purpose that we banish asperity , malice , and indecency . " After these preliminary ...
... should ever exist in the republic of letters ; that it should be allowed always to name those whom we refute ; and that it is sufficient for this purpose that we banish asperity , malice , and indecency . " After these preliminary ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbé admirable Æneid amuse ancient anec anecdotes appear Ariosto Aristotle Astrea bard Bayle beautiful becauſe Boileau Brantome called Cardinal Richelieu celebrated character Cicero composed composition court Crebillon critic curious death delight Duke employed English eyes father fatire favour favourite fire Folly French frequently genius give hand Henry VIII Homer honour humour imagination imitation ingenious intereſting Italian Jesuit king labours lady learned letters literary literature lively majesty manner marriage memoirs merit Metastasio Milton mind moſt muſt never notice observes occasion pamphlets passion Perceforest perhaps Perizonius persons Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry Pope prince Queen Racine racters reader ridiculous romance satire says Scarron Scioppius shew ſhould singular solitude ſome ſtudies ſuch Tasso taste theſe thing thoſe thou tion verses Virgil Virgin Voltaire volumes whoſe word writers written wrote
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Página 483 - Two such I saw what time the laboured ox In his loose traces from the furrow came, And the swinkt hedger at his supper sat...
Página 470 - En vain contre le Cid un ministre se ligue : Tout Paris pour Chimène a les yeux de Rodrigue.
Página 478 - ... 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...
Página 489 - 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...
Página 139 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 460 - 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.
Página 461 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 64 - I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition ; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his cooled imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
Página 469 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 462 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...