Curiosities of Literature, Volume 2G. Routledge & Company, 1858 - English literature |
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... afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham , by endeavouring to persuade James that he was at the head of a conspiracy against him . We hasten to conclude these anecdotes , not to be found in the pages of Hume and ...
... afterwards he at- tempted to revenge himself on Buckingham , by endeavouring to persuade James that he was at the head of a conspiracy against him . We hasten to conclude these anecdotes , not to be found in the pages of Hume and ...
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... afterwards . he rewarded the planter of cabbages by creating him beglerbeg or viceroy of the Isle of Cyprus . Marc Antony gave the house of a Roman citizen to a cook , who had prepared for him a good supper ! Many have been raised to ...
... afterwards . he rewarded the planter of cabbages by creating him beglerbeg or viceroy of the Isle of Cyprus . Marc Antony gave the house of a Roman citizen to a cook , who had prepared for him a good supper ! Many have been raised to ...
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... afterwards religiously kept up by the priests . Servius , one of the seven kings of Rome , commanded a great fire of straw to be kindled in the public place of every town in Italy to consecrate for repose a certain day in seed - time ...
... afterwards religiously kept up by the priests . Servius , one of the seven kings of Rome , commanded a great fire of straw to be kindled in the public place of every town in Italy to consecrate for repose a certain day in seed - time ...
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... afterwards changed his name to Castalion , with his accustomed affectation referring to Castalia , the fountain of the Muses - took a very extraordinary liberty with the sacred writings . He fancied he could give the world a more ...
... afterwards changed his name to Castalion , with his accustomed affectation referring to Castalia , the fountain of the Muses - took a very extraordinary liberty with the sacred writings . He fancied he could give the world a more ...
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... afterwards on plates of various materials , on ivory , on barks of trees , on leaves of trees . * Engraving memorable events on hard substances was giving , as it were , speech to rocks and metals . In the book of Job mention is made of ...
... afterwards on plates of various materials , on ivory , on barks of trees , on leaves of trees . * Engraving memorable events on hard substances was giving , as it were , speech to rocks and metals . In the book of Job mention is made of ...
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Page 178 - I saw the world, and yet I was not seen; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun; And now I live, and now my life is done!
Page 313 - I may scape, I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape, That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to beast...
Page 317 - With a heart of furious fancies, Whereof I am commander : With a burning spear, And a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander ; With a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to Tourney : Ten leagues beyond The wide world's end ; Methinks it is no journey...
Page 274 - Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. It is one of the best bonds both of chastity and obedience in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous. Wives are young men's mistresses ; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.
Page 97 - 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.
Page 178 - 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.
Page 98 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.
Page 98 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Page 100 - 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...
Page 111 - 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...