Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... et angis . " The reader has only to take the pains of reading the line backwards , and he will find himself just where he was after all his fatigue . Francis Colonna , an Italian Monk , is the au- 10 LITERARY FOLLIES .
... et angis . " The reader has only to take the pains of reading the line backwards , and he will find himself just where he was after all his fatigue . Francis Colonna , an Italian Monk , is the au- 10 LITERARY FOLLIES .
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... readers " That what is here said has not the least regard to the penman- ship , that is , to the fairness or badness of the hand- writing , & c . " In this manner he proceeds through- out a whole page , inserting a panegyric on a fine ...
... readers " That what is here said has not the least regard to the penman- ship , that is , to the fairness or badness of the hand- writing , & c . " In this manner he proceeds through- out a whole page , inserting a panegyric on a fine ...
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... reader that it would not be the last . Desma- rests was so delighted with his " Clovis , " an Epic Poem , that he solemnly concludes his preface with ' a thanksgiving prayer to God , to whom he attri- butes all its glory . This is like ...
... reader that it would not be the last . Desma- rests was so delighted with his " Clovis , " an Epic Poem , that he solemnly concludes his preface with ' a thanksgiving prayer to God , to whom he attri- butes all its glory . This is like ...
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... reader may start at seeing the celebrated Marvell , described as an outcast of so- ciety ; an infamous libeller ; and one whose talents were even more despicable than his person . To such lengths did the hatred of party united with ...
... reader may start at seeing the celebrated Marvell , described as an outcast of so- ciety ; an infamous libeller ; and one whose talents were even more despicable than his person . To such lengths did the hatred of party united with ...
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... readers were convinced that Gulliver's Travels were fictitious . But the most singular blunder was produced by the ingenious " Hermippus Redivivus " of Dr. Campbell , a curious banter on the hermetic phi- losophy and the universal ...
... readers were convinced that Gulliver's Travels were fictitious . But the most singular blunder was produced by the ingenious " Hermippus Redivivus " of Dr. Campbell , a curious banter on the hermetic phi- losophy and the universal ...
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
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 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...