Curiosities of Literature, Band 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... verses on the occasion , in 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 ...
... verses on the occasion , in 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 ...
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... must plunge a hundred into despair . Sestiane , only passionate for comedy , cannot consent to any mar- riage , and tells her father , in very lively verses , Je ne veux point mon pere , espouser un censeur 48 THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN .
... must plunge a hundred into despair . Sestiane , only passionate for comedy , cannot consent to any mar- riage , and tells her father , in very lively verses , Je ne veux point mon pere , espouser un censeur 48 THE COMEDY OF A MADMAN .
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... verse ! When Phalante is questioned after the great fortunes he hinted at , the father discovers that he has not a stiver , and out of credit to borrow while Artabaze declares that he only allowed Alcidon , out of mere benevolence , to ...
... verse ! When Phalante is questioned after the great fortunes he hinted at , the father discovers that he has not a stiver , and out of credit to borrow while Artabaze declares that he only allowed Alcidon , out of mere benevolence , to ...
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... verses : but as he was only a poetical plagiarist , it is not strange our pastoral writer was greatly dis- appointed . Some country rogues having killed his pigeons , they gave him more vexation than his critics . He hastened his return ...
... verses : but as he was only a poetical plagiarist , it is not strange our pastoral writer was greatly dis- appointed . Some country rogues having killed his pigeons , they gave him more vexation than his critics . He hastened his return ...
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... verse The dreams and fables that adorn this scroll , Fond fool , I rave , and grieve as I rehearse ; While GENUINE TEARS , for FANCIED SORROWS roll . Perhaps the dear delusion of my art Is wisdom ; and the agitated mind , As still ...
... verse The dreams and fables that adorn this scroll , Fond fool , I rave , and grieve as I rehearse ; While GENUINE TEARS , for FANCIED SORROWS roll . Perhaps the dear delusion of my art Is wisdom ; and the agitated mind , As still ...
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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.