Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... majesty of my king , I have a just right to be- spatter his English majesty with his own dirt and or- dure . This Henry has lied . " Some of his original ex- pressions to our Henry VIII . are these : " Stulta , ri- dicula , et verissimč ...
... majesty of my king , I have a just right to be- spatter his English majesty with his own dirt and or- dure . This Henry has lied . " Some of his original ex- pressions to our Henry VIII . are these : " Stulta , ri- dicula , et verissimč ...
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... majesty published an edict in 1474 , in which he silenced for ever the Nomina- lists ; and ordered their books to be fastened up in their libraries with iron chains , that they might not be read by students ! The leaders of that sect ...
... majesty published an edict in 1474 , in which he silenced for ever the Nomina- lists ; and ordered their books to be fastened up in their libraries with iron chains , that they might not be read by students ! The leaders of that sect ...
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... majesty . Salmasius was mild in conversation , but the reverse in his writings , as our proud Xantippe considered him as acting be- neath himself if he did not pour out his abuse , and call every one names ! The wife of Rohault , when ...
... majesty . Salmasius was mild in conversation , but the reverse in his writings , as our proud Xantippe considered him as acting be- neath himself if he did not pour out his abuse , and call every one names ! The wife of Rohault , when ...
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... majesty ! Never was a gigantic baby of adulation so crammed with the soft pap of Dedications as Car- dinal Richelieu . French flattery even exceeded it- self . Among the vast number of very extraordi- nary dedications to this man , in ...
... majesty ! Never was a gigantic baby of adulation so crammed with the soft pap of Dedications as Car- dinal Richelieu . French flattery even exceeded it- self . Among the vast number of very extraordi- nary dedications to this man , in ...
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... majesty . " One of these herd of dedicators , after the death of Richelieu , suppressed in a second edition his hyperbolical panegyric , and as a punishment he inflicted on himself , dedicated the work to Jesus Christ ! The same taste ...
... majesty . " One of these herd of dedicators , after the death of Richelieu , suppressed in a second edition his hyperbolical panegyric , and as a punishment he inflicted on himself , dedicated the work to Jesus Christ ! The same taste ...
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...