Curiosities of Literature: And the Literary Character IllustratedAppleton & Company, 1846 - 510 páginas |
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... Hudibras , Vol . I , p . 300. The beard , savs Granger , dwindled gradually under the two Charles's , till it was reduced into whiskers , and became extinct in the reign of James II , as if its fatality had been connected with that of ...
... Hudibras , Vol . I , p . 300. The beard , savs Granger , dwindled gradually under the two Charles's , till it was reduced into whiskers , and became extinct in the reign of James II , as if its fatality had been connected with that of ...
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... Hudibras , Part I , Canto 3 , Verse 190. I give an example of these poetical echoes . The following ones are ingenious , lively , and satirical . Pour nous plaire , un plumet Met Tout en usage : Mais on trouve souvent Vent Dans son ...
... Hudibras , Part I , Canto 3 , Verse 190. I give an example of these poetical echoes . The following ones are ingenious , lively , and satirical . Pour nous plaire , un plumet Met Tout en usage : Mais on trouve souvent Vent Dans son ...
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... Hudibras is also compared to a meteor : and the accompanying observation in Butler al- most induces one to think that Gray derived from it the whole plan of that sublime Ode - since his Bard precisely performs what the beard of Hudibras ...
... Hudibras is also compared to a meteor : and the accompanying observation in Butler al- most induces one to think that Gray derived from it the whole plan of that sublime Ode - since his Bard precisely performs what the beard of Hudibras ...
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... Hudibras , part II , C. 3 , v . 391 . An opera , like a pillory , may be said To nail our ears down , and expose our head . ' Young's Satires . In the Duenna we find this thought differently illustrat- ed ; by no means imitative ...
... Hudibras , part II , C. 3 , v . 391 . An opera , like a pillory , may be said To nail our ears down , and expose our head . ' Young's Satires . In the Duenna we find this thought differently illustrat- ed ; by no means imitative ...
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... Hudibras without his consent : but I do not know whether Butler thus wrote his name . As late as in 1660 a Dr Crovne was at such a loss to have his name pronounced rightly , that he tried six different ways of writing it , as appears by ...
... Hudibras without his consent : but I do not know whether Butler thus wrote his name . As late as in 1660 a Dr Crovne was at such a loss to have his name pronounced rightly , that he tried six different ways of writing it , as appears by ...
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Página 77 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Página 151 - 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...
Página 148 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace.
Página 152 - This chief transcends his father's fame : While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart o'erflows with joy.' He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms, Restored the pleasing burden to her arms; Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she laid, Hush'd to repose, and with a smile survey'd.
Página 205 - ... in respect of its former scarceness and dearness, it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
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 148 - Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, He from the east his flaming road begin ; Or she from west her silent course advance With inoffensive pace, that spinning sleeps On her soft axle, while she paces even, And bears thee soft with the smooth air along, Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid ; Leave them to God above, him serve and fear.
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 283 - Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock...
Página 169 - 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.