The Parterre of fiction, poetry, history [&c.]., Volumen51836 |
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... never meant for a Preface ! Yes , there it stands , with the same foolish face as ever , and ( although far more deserving of a place in schedule A than Gatton or Old Sarum ) , there it shall stand- " When Time is old and hath forgot ...
... never meant for a Preface ! Yes , there it stands , with the same foolish face as ever , and ( although far more deserving of a place in schedule A than Gatton or Old Sarum ) , there it shall stand- " When Time is old and hath forgot ...
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... never did run smooth . It was a brilliant scene ! The setting sun was sinking with refulgent splen- dour ' neath the blue wave of the Adriatic ; the cloudless moon , and feeble twink- ling of the infant - like stars , as yet de- feated ...
... never did run smooth . It was a brilliant scene ! The setting sun was sinking with refulgent splen- dour ' neath the blue wave of the Adriatic ; the cloudless moon , and feeble twink- ling of the infant - like stars , as yet de- feated ...
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... Never did such a scene of splendour meet the astonished eyes of Auguste . The noble columns were entwined with wreaths of the finest flowers , each of which breathed delicious fragrance . The trophies of the conquering Republic sus ...
... Never did such a scene of splendour meet the astonished eyes of Auguste . The noble columns were entwined with wreaths of the finest flowers , each of which breathed delicious fragrance . The trophies of the conquering Republic sus ...
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... Never was a better place chosen for its daring purpose , a stronghold for brigands , than the hamlet where they halted ; it could only be approached by a narrow path , which was only to admit a single file ; this path wound round a deep ...
... Never was a better place chosen for its daring purpose , a stronghold for brigands , than the hamlet where they halted ; it could only be approached by a narrow path , which was only to admit a single file ; this path wound round a deep ...
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... never were two so equally matched -- loud and long dashed the strokes of their swords , as thrust and stroke were skilfully parried . All the rest by universal consent ceased , to view the conflict upon which the issue depended , and ...
... never were two so equally matched -- loud and long dashed the strokes of their swords , as thrust and stroke were skilfully parried . All the rest by universal consent ceased , to view the conflict upon which the issue depended , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
admiral Agnès Alienor appeared arms beautiful beneath bosom Bridget brow called castle Caylus Claudius Pompeianus Codrus Commodus Cornet Waddle cried Crosby Hall dark daugh daughter dear death deep devil door Duke Eclectus Eloi emperor entered exclaimed eyes face fair father fear feel friar gaze gentleman Glo'ster gold hall hand happy hast head heard heart heaven honour horse hour house of Lancaster James Tyrrel king King William Street lady Lætus light lips Livarot London Bridge look lord Macbeth Madame Makandal marriage ment mind morning never night Nisida noble palace Palazzo Pitti pale Parterre passed Pertinax Peterhof poor present Price Two-Pence prince Published by Effingham queen replied Riberac scarcely scene seemed shewed side silence Sir Everard sleep smile soon soul Speedwell stood sword tears thee thing thought tion turned voice walk wife young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 58 - Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Página 58 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 286 - The sun's eye had a sickly glare, The earth with age was wan, The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man.
Página 195 - The castled Crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine, Whose breast of waters broadly swells Between the banks which bear the vine...
Página 194 - I do embrace it : for even that vulgar and tavern music, which makes one man merry, another mad, strikes in me a deep fit of devotion, and a profound contemplation of the first composer ; there is something in it of divinity more than the ear discovers : it is an hieroglyphical and shadowed lesson of the whole world, and creatures of God; such a melody to the ear, as the whole world, well understood, would afford the understanding.
Página 176 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things: For no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil; No occupation; all men idle, all, And women too, but innocent and pure : No sovereignty— Seb.
Página 176 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Página 86 - Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead. I called on poisonous names with which our youth is fed; I was not heard - I saw them not...
Página 114 - It might be added, that early authorities show us no such persons as Banquo and his son Fleance, nor have we reason to think that the latter ever fled further from Macbeth than across the flat scene, according to the stage direction. Neither were Banquo or his son ancestors of the house of Stuart.
Página 168 - When the emperor Decius persecuted the Christians, seven noble youths of Ephesus concealed themselves in a spacious cavern in the side of an adjacent mountain ; where they were doomed to perish by the tyrant, who gave orders that the entrance should be firmly secured with a pile of huge stones.