Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... admirable effusion of banter , wit , and satire . Le Clerc , a cool ponderous greek critic , quarrelled with Boileau about a passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic ...
... admirable effusion of banter , wit , and satire . Le Clerc , a cool ponderous greek critic , quarrelled with Boileau about a passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic ...
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... admirable translator of Froissart , in the reign of Henry VIII , and not the least of his merits is now the genuine antique cast of his style . Amadis de Gaul has been lately given by Mr. Southey in the ancient style . The Oberon of ...
... admirable translator of Froissart , in the reign of Henry VIII , and not the least of his merits is now the genuine antique cast of his style . Amadis de Gaul has been lately given by Mr. Southey in the ancient style . The Oberon of ...
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... admirable observation he confirms by the fa- cility with which the obliging Rachel allows Leah for one night to her husband ! It is thus that the Patriarchs speak in the tone of the tenderest lovers . Judith is a Parisian coquette , and ...
... admirable observation he confirms by the fa- cility with which the obliging Rachel allows Leah for one night to her husband ! It is thus that the Patriarchs speak in the tone of the tenderest lovers . Judith is a Parisian coquette , and ...
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... - Well , Gaal's interest in Shechem is soon at an end . Exit Gaal ! " L. Addison , the father of the admirable and refined writer was one of the coarsest in point of diction I have met with , even in his own THEOLOGICAL STYLE . 407.
... - Well , Gaal's interest in Shechem is soon at an end . Exit Gaal ! " L. Addison , the father of the admirable and refined writer was one of the coarsest in point of diction I have met with , even in his own THEOLOGICAL STYLE . 407.
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... admirable student Sir William Jones , is well deserving our attention . After having fixed on his subjects , he always added the model of the com- position ; and thus boldly wrestled with the great authors of antiquity . On board the ...
... admirable student Sir William Jones , is well deserving our attention . After having fixed on his subjects , he always added the model of the com- position ; and thus boldly wrestled with the great authors of antiquity . On board the ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbé admirable Ćneid 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
Pasajes populares
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 Chimčne 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...