Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... call charta or charta . Before the use of parchment and paper passed to the Romans , they used the * Of which we have now fine specimens at the British Museum . thin peel found between the wood and the bark of OF WRITING . 9.
... call charta or charta . Before the use of parchment and paper passed to the Romans , they used the * Of which we have now fine specimens at the British Museum . thin peel found between the wood and the bark of OF WRITING . 9.
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... passed into our languages as well as the others . We say a volume or volumes , although our books are 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 ...
... passed into our languages as well as the others . We say a volume or volumes , although our books are 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 ...
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... passed , and carried off the females who pleased them . Rapine , of every kind , were the privileges of the feudal lords ! Mezeray observes , that it is from these circumstances romancers have invented their tales of knights errant , 14 ...
... passed , and carried off the females who pleased them . Rapine , of every kind , were the privileges of the feudal lords ! Mezeray observes , that it is from these circumstances romancers have invented their tales of knights errant , 14 ...
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... passed by abbeys . The monks sustained an assault rather than re- linquish their prey : if they saw themselves losing ground , they brought to their walls the relics of some saint . Then it generally happened that the assailants ...
... passed by abbeys . The monks sustained an assault rather than re- linquish their prey : if they saw themselves losing ground , they brought to their walls the relics of some saint . Then it generally happened that the assailants ...
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... Charles VI . who died at the age of twenty , we are told : " That he knew the Latin and French languages ; that he had many musicians in his chapel ; passed the night in vigils ; dined at ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS , 21.
... Charles VI . who died at the age of twenty , we are told : " That he knew the Latin and French languages ; that he had many musicians in his chapel ; passed the night in vigils ; dined at ANECDOTES OF EUROPEAN MANNERS , 21.
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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.