The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volúmenes1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... thou canst drink no more : Dried is the fount which gave thee life before ; But ah ! tho ' entering on her dark , cold grave , A mother's love her darling strives to save . PLINY informs us , that king Attalus gave a hundred talents for ...
... thou canst drink no more : Dried is the fount which gave thee life before ; But ah ! tho ' entering on her dark , cold grave , A mother's love her darling strives to save . PLINY informs us , that king Attalus gave a hundred talents for ...
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... thou that tellest , & c . " Of a very different character are the subse- quent recitative accompanied , and song ; which are among those efforts of genius , wherein this great master has contrived to paint darkness by its mental effects ...
... thou that tellest , & c . " Of a very different character are the subse- quent recitative accompanied , and song ; which are among those efforts of genius , wherein this great master has contrived to paint darkness by its mental effects ...
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... thou didst not leave his soul in hell . " The responsive chorus , which follows on the words , " Lift up your heads , O ye , gates , " is such an instance of dialogue in music , as could hardly have been thought practicable , till the ...
... thou didst not leave his soul in hell . " The responsive chorus , which follows on the words , " Lift up your heads , O ye , gates , " is such an instance of dialogue in music , as could hardly have been thought practicable , till the ...
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... thou , of Egypt's wise abodes , A decent priest , where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with butchers * plac'd thy priestly stall , Meek modern faith to murder , hack , and mawl ; And bade thee live , to crown Britannia's praise , In ...
... thou , of Egypt's wise abodes , A decent priest , where monkeys were the gods ! But fate with butchers * plac'd thy priestly stall , Meek modern faith to murder , hack , and mawl ; And bade thee live , to crown Britannia's praise , In ...
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... Thou . From No. 2680 to the end of the catalogue ( 401 ar- ticles ) there appears a choice collection of Italian and Spanish books . WITHIN five years after the sale of Sir C. C. Dormer's books , was sold the collection of ROBERT HOBLYN ...
... Thou . From No. 2680 to the end of the catalogue ( 401 ar- ticles ) there appears a choice collection of Italian and Spanish books . WITHIN five years after the sale of Sir C. C. Dormer's books , was sold the collection of ROBERT HOBLYN ...
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Página 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Página 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Página 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Página 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Página 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Página 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Página 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.