Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long after the use of the ...
... composed of the barks of trees , which the ancients employed in lieu of paper . On these tablets , or table - books , Mr. Astle ob- serves , that the Greeks and Romans continued the use of waxed table - books long after the use of the ...
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... composed of ivory , the tusk of the elephant ; among the Romans they were un- doubtedly scarce and dear . The pumice stone was a writing - material of the ancients ; they used it to smooth the roughness of the parchment , or to sharpen ...
... composed of ivory , the tusk of the elephant ; among the Romans they were un- doubtedly scarce and dear . The pumice stone was a writing - material of the ancients ; they used it to smooth the roughness of the parchment , or to sharpen ...
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... composed of linen or rags , and formerly had been of cotton - wool , which was but brittle and yellow ; and improved by using cotton - rags , which they glazed . After the eighth century the papyrus was superseded by parchment . The ...
... composed of linen or rags , and formerly had been of cotton - wool , which was but brittle and yellow ; and improved by using cotton - rags , which they glazed . After the eighth century the papyrus was superseded by parchment . The ...
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... composed of pages cut and bound together . The books of the ancients on the shelves of their libraries were rolled up on a pin and placed erect , titled on the outside in red letters , or rubrics , and appeared like a number of small ...
... composed of pages cut and bound together . The books of the ancients on the shelves of their libraries were rolled up on a pin and placed erect , titled on the outside in red letters , or rubrics , and appeared like a number of small ...
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... composed some dithy- rambics to celebrate the festival of the goat of Etienne Jodelle ; and another , entitled " Our travels to Arcueil . " However , this Bacchanalian freak did not finish as it ought , where it had begun , among the ...
... composed some dithy- rambics to celebrate the festival of the goat of Etienne Jodelle ; and another , entitled " Our travels to Arcueil . " However , this Bacchanalian freak did not finish as it ought , where it had begun , among the ...
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Seite 144 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Seite 160 - 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 137 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Seite 135 - 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 283 - 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.
Seite 154 - ... 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 218 - 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 146 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Seite 149 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Seite 153 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.