Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820 - 444 páginas |
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... cheek , you said , that Fortune's gifts Were poor , compar'd with Nature . Then , my father , You bade me learn to love him . In the same strain is the concluding pas- sage of this beautiful scene . Nay , my father He is gone , and will ...
... cheek , you said , that Fortune's gifts Were poor , compar'd with Nature . Then , my father , You bade me learn to love him . In the same strain is the concluding pas- sage of this beautiful scene . Nay , my father He is gone , and will ...
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... cheek shall be unnoticed my beating heart unheard ; where hope , unperceived , may elevate , and fear depress me : from whence , if you are successful , I may bear the tidings with the speed of sound ; and if you should fail- but I don ...
... cheek shall be unnoticed my beating heart unheard ; where hope , unperceived , may elevate , and fear depress me : from whence , if you are successful , I may bear the tidings with the speed of sound ; and if you should fail- but I don ...
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... cheeks . This well proportion'd form ( think not I flatter ) In graceful motion to harmonious sounds , And thy free tresses dancing in the wind , Thou'lt fix as much observance as chaste dames Can meet without a blush . " * That The ...
... cheeks . This well proportion'd form ( think not I flatter ) In graceful motion to harmonious sounds , And thy free tresses dancing in the wind , Thou'lt fix as much observance as chaste dames Can meet without a blush . " * That The ...
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... cheeks of rose and lily - eyes of fire ; Oh , look on these , and say , can happy man , Blest with the full fruition , e'er revolt ? Yet angels once rebell'd against their God , To do base homage to the fiend of hell : And mortal man's ...
... cheeks of rose and lily - eyes of fire ; Oh , look on these , and say , can happy man , Blest with the full fruition , e'er revolt ? Yet angels once rebell'd against their God , To do base homage to the fiend of hell : And mortal man's ...
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... cheek to all the winds of heav'n , And let the storm howl o'er my desolate bosom , Nor lift a murin'ring eye . But spare my child , Let thy wak'd wrath smite th ' offending tree ; But spare this tender blossom - My little trembling ...
... cheek to all the winds of heav'n , And let the storm howl o'er my desolate bosom , Nor lift a murin'ring eye . But spare my child , Let thy wak'd wrath smite th ' offending tree ; But spare this tender blossom - My little trembling ...
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Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin, author of The Honey-moon J. Tobin,E. Ogilvy Benger Vista previa limitada - 1820 |
MEMOIRS OF MR JOHN TOBIN John 1770-1804 Tobin,E. (Elizabeth) 1778-1827 Benger,Antonio De 1610-1686 La Gitani Solis Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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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).