Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... 113 Literary composition 117 Poetical imitations and similarities 130 Explanation of the fac - simile 161 Literary fashions 166 The pantomimical characters 172 Fage Pasquin and Marforio Female beauty and ornaments Modern Platonism.
... 113 Literary composition 117 Poetical imitations and similarities 130 Explanation of the fac - simile 161 Literary fashions 166 The pantomimical characters 172 Fage Pasquin and Marforio Female beauty and ornaments Modern Platonism.
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... imitate the braying of that grave animal . What shall we think of this imbecile mixture of superstition and farce ? This ass was perhaps VOL . IV . с typical of the ass which Jesus rode ? The children ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 17.
... imitate the braying of that grave animal . What shall we think of this imbecile mixture of superstition and farce ? This ass was perhaps VOL . IV . с typical of the ass which Jesus rode ? The children ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS . 17.
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... imitation of the form of the Grecian tragedy ; but if this did not require the highest genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated with the wild amusement they amply received from ...
... imitation of the form of the Grecian tragedy ; but if this did not require the highest genius , it did the utmost intrepidity ; for the people were , through long habit , intoxicated with the wild amusement they amply received from ...
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... imitation of the Bacchanalia of the ancients . Ronsard 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 ...
... imitation of the Bacchanalia of the ancients . Ronsard 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 ...
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... imitate the people at London ; and their first assault was on the house of the late Benedict , which having some strength and magnitude , contained his family and friends , who found their graves in its ruins . The alarmed Jews hastened ...
... imitate the people at London ; and their first assault was on the house of the late Benedict , which having some strength and magnitude , contained his family and friends , who found their graves in its ruins . The alarmed Jews hastened ...
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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.