Curiosities of Literature, Band 2W. Veazie, 1861 |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbé Abridgers actors ambassador amusing anagram ancient anecdote appears archduke's Ariosto bassador Bayle beautiful Ben Jonson Bishop Gibson burlesque called Cardinal Richelieu celebrated ceremonies character Charles comedy composed composition court critic curious custom death delight diary Elizabeth English favour favourite feelings formed France French genius give gondoliers hand Harlequin Henry Henry VIII honour humour imagination imitation invention Italian James Jesuit king labours lady Lazzi learned letters literary Lord lord chamberlain Lord of Misrule majesty manner manuscript marriage master Milton mind never notice observed occasion original pantomime passage passion persons philosopher poem poet poetical poetry Pope present preserved prince printed published queen reader reign ridiculous Roman Saturnalia says Scarron scene singular Sir John songs Spanish Tasso taste things thou tion Venetian verses Virgin Voltaire volumes write written wrote
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 283 - 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...
Seite 263 - 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.
Seite 316 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Seite 279 - 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...
Seite 319 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Seite 275 - ... human, 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...
Seite 386 - It cannot be denied, but that he who is made judge to sit upon the birth or death of books, whether they may be wafted into this world or not, had need to be a man above the common measure, both studious, learned and judicious...
Seite 274 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.
Seite 256 - At the outset all was dark and doubtful ; even the title of the work, the true sera of the decline and fall of the empire, the limits of the introduction, the division of the chapters, and the order of the narrative ; and I was often tempted to cast away the labour of seven years.
Seite 273 - For now the storm of summer rain is o'er, And cool, and fresh, and fragrant is the sky. And, lo ! in the dark east, expanded high, The rainbow brightens to the setting Sun ! Fond fool, that deem'st the streaming glory nigh, How vain the chase thine ardour has begun ! 'Tis fled afar, ere half thy purposed race be run. 31 Yet couldst thou learn that thus it fares with age...