Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ...With a selection from his unpublished writings. By Miss Benger, author of Memoirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton. |
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... And luxury ' s scant gleanings , oft withheld From wantonness of waste - - ask
thou of her , For she has chronicled each hour of woe , When wildest raged the
storm , and the rude wind Has loudest roar ' d with desolating sweep ; And she
will ...
... And luxury ' s scant gleanings , oft withheld From wantonness of waste - - ask
thou of her , For she has chronicled each hour of woe , When wildest raged the
storm , and the rude wind Has loudest roar ' d with desolating sweep ; And she
will ...
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Tis possible - Yet scarce to be conceiv ' d ; for now thou look ' st Some heaven -
born wonder newly dropt on earth ; And thus I gaze with trembling rapture on
thee , As the rapt Indian gazes at the sun , Whose dazzling lustre quite o '
ercomes ...
Tis possible - Yet scarce to be conceiv ' d ; for now thou look ' st Some heaven -
born wonder newly dropt on earth ; And thus I gaze with trembling rapture on
thee , As the rapt Indian gazes at the sun , Whose dazzling lustre quite o '
ercomes ...
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Lies all my argument , which if it reach The canker in thy heart , shall tell thee this
: - Thou might ' st betray a woman , but a man Is not within the compass of thy
spells . So stand and guard thyself . Mont . So hot and fiery ! Alm . Fixt as her ...
Lies all my argument , which if it reach The canker in thy heart , shall tell thee this
: - Thou might ' st betray a woman , but a man Is not within the compass of thy
spells . So stand and guard thyself . Mont . So hot and fiery ! Alm . Fixt as her ...
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What have I done , what grievous sin committed , That thou should ' st cast me off
? - When thou wertsad , Have I not painted my wan cheek with smiles , And made
mine eye a traitor to my heart , To cheat thee into mirth , and watch ' d thy looks ...
What have I done , what grievous sin committed , That thou should ' st cast me off
? - When thou wertsad , Have I not painted my wan cheek with smiles , And made
mine eye a traitor to my heart , To cheat thee into mirth , and watch ' d thy looks ...
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Blow the loose sparks of vengeance to a flame ; And my hot tears like scanty
water feed it : White man , beware , for thou hast wrong ? d my loves : And thou
his fair fac ' d minion keep aloof , Out of my hatchets sweep , beyond the flight Of
the ...
Blow the loose sparks of vengeance to a flame ; And my hot tears like scanty
water feed it : White man , beware , for thou hast wrong ? d my loves : And thou
his fair fac ' d minion keep aloof , Out of my hatchets sweep , beyond the flight Of
the ...
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Página 137 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! Heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life.
Página 135 - By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster, with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave. While in the meantime two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field?
Página 135 - ... then, we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock. Upon the back of that comes out a hideous monster with fire and smoke, and then the miserable beholders are bound to take it for a cave ; while, in the meantime, two armies fly in, represented with four swords and bucklers, and then what hard heart will not receive it for a pitched field...
Página 138 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone...
Página 137 - Methinks the little wit I had is lost Since I saw you! For wit is like a rest Held up at tennis, which men do the best With the best gamesters. What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid!
Página 135 - Now ye shall have three ladies walk to gather flowers, and then we must believe the stage to be a garden. By and by we hear news of shipwreck in the same place, and then we are to blame if we accept it not for a rock.
Página 128 - ... design ; and in the manner of executing it, the appropriate nature and pleasantry of the sentiments, and the flowing and frequently poetical diction of the author, the sterling merit of the play consists. The plan of the fable is so far from new that it appears to be an absolute imitation of Shakspeare, not only in the characters of the Duke and Juliana, who are literally Catherine and Petruchio drawn in a different point of view, but of Zamora, who is as truly a transcript of Viola in Twelfth...
Página 57 - ... on each other, and made to move in such a manner on a single hinge, that at the end of the play, they were wheeled round with all the spectators within them, and formed together into one circus, in which combats of gladiators were exhibited. In the pleasure of the eyes that of the ears was altogether lost ; rope dancers and white elephants were preferred to every dramatic entertainment...
Página 9 - Myself was once a student, and indeed, Fed with the self-same humour he is now, Dreaming on nought but idle poetry, That fruitless and unprofitable art, Good unto none, but least to the professors; Which then I thought the mistress of all knowledge: But since, time and the truth have waked my judgment.
Página 131 - ... half-blown rose stuck in thy braided hair, With no more diamonds than those eyes are made of. No deeper rubies than compose thy lips, Nor pearls more precious than inhabit them, With the pure red and white, which that same hand Which blends the rainbow mingles in thy cheeks: This well-proportioned form (think not I flatter).
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ... Nineteenth Century Collections Online: European Literature, 1790-1840: The Corvey Collection |
| Autores | John Tobin, Elizabeth Benger |
| Editor | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 15 Ene. 2008 |
| ISBN | 5874837787, 9785874837785 |
| Largo | 444 páginas |
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