Curiosities of Literature: And The Literary Character IllustratedR. Worthington, 1851 - 509 páginas |
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... probably still less advanced . there was in Germany a celebrated collector of books in the person of Trithemius , the celebrated abbot of Span- heim , who died in 1516 ; he had amassed about two thou- sand manuscripts , a literary ...
... probably still less advanced . there was in Germany a celebrated collector of books in the person of Trithemius , the celebrated abbot of Span- heim , who died in 1516 ; he had amassed about two thou- sand manuscripts , a literary ...
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... probably partook of his wretchedness . The great Tasso was reduced to such a dilemma , that he was obliged to borrow a crown from a friend to subsist through the week . He alludes to his dress in a pretty sonnet , which he addresses to ...
... probably partook of his wretchedness . The great Tasso was reduced to such a dilemma , that he was obliged to borrow a crown from a friend to subsist through the week . He alludes to his dress in a pretty sonnet , which he addresses to ...
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... probably never suspected his flattery ; and the next week our new actor was pensioned . On Cardinal Richelieu , another of his patrons , he grate- fully made this epitaph , Cy gist , ouy gist par la mort bleu Le Cardinal de Richelieu ...
... probably never suspected his flattery ; and the next week our new actor was pensioned . On Cardinal Richelieu , another of his patrons , he grate- fully made this epitaph , Cy gist , ouy gist par la mort bleu Le Cardinal de Richelieu ...
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... probably made him ap- pear so culpable in the eyes of his enemies . The cabal formed aginst him disturbed the earlier part of his life with a thousand persecutions , till at length they persuaded Bernard , his old friend , but who had ...
... probably made him ap- pear so culpable in the eyes of his enemies . The cabal formed aginst him disturbed the earlier part of his life with a thousand persecutions , till at length they persuaded Bernard , his old friend , but who had ...
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... probably arises from the savage , in the early periods of society , concealing him- self to eat he fears that another with as sharp an appetite , but more strong than himself , should come and ravish his meal from him . The ideas of ...
... probably arises from the savage , in the early periods of society , concealing him- self to eat he fears that another with as sharp an appetite , but more strong than himself , should come and ravish his meal from him . The ideas of ...
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Página 150 - tis said, when all were fired, Filled with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatched her instruments of sound; And, as they oft had heard, apart, Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each, for Madness ruled the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewildered laid, And back recoiled, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made.
Página 193 - Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. It is one of the best bonds, both of chastity and obedience, in the wife if she think her husband wise, which she will never do if she find him jealous. Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a quarrel to marry when he will.
Página 100 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 181 - ... before him ; if in this the most consummate act of his fidelity and ripeness, no years, no industry, no former proof of his abilities can bring him to that state of maturity, as not to be still mistrusted and suspected, unless he carry all his considerate diligence, all his midnight watchings, and expense of Palladian oil, to the hasty view of an unleisured licenser, perhaps much his younger, perhaps far his inferior in judgment, perhaps one who never knew the labour of bookwriting...
Página 9 - For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and to the next age.
Página 181 - When a man writes to the world, he summons up all his reason and deliberation to assist him. He searches, meditates, is industrious, and likely consults and confers with his judicious friends; after all which done, he takes himself to be informed in what he writes, as well as any that writ before him.
Página 122 - God's sake, when shall I see thee again ? On my soul I shall neither eat nor sleep until you come again. The earl told him on Monday (this being on the Friday). For God's sake let me...
Página 150 - 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.
Página 148 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 261 - Thus accoutred, the Lady Arabella stole out with a gentleman about three o'clock in the afternoon. She...