Curiosities of LiteratureBaudry, 1835 - 447 páginas |
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... verses , and describes this Bibliotheque as a literary heaven , furnished with as many books as there were stars in the firmament ; or as a liter- ary garden , in which he passed entire days in gathering fruit and flowers , delighting ...
... verses , and describes this Bibliotheque as a literary heaven , furnished with as many books as there were stars in the firmament ; or as a liter- ary garden , in which he passed entire days in gathering fruit and flowers , delighting ...
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... verses for him , replied , When I wrote verses I was young , had sufficient food , was a lover , and beloved by many friends , and by the ladies ; then I felt poetical ardour ; now I have no spirits , no peace of mind . See there my ...
... verses for him , replied , When I wrote verses I was young , had sufficient food , was a lover , and beloved by many friends , and by the ladies ; then I felt poetical ardour ; now I have no spirits , no peace of mind . See there my ...
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... verses must not be forgottten- Full little knowest thou , that hast not try'd " What Hell it is , in suing long to bide . ' To lose good days - to waste long nights - and as he feelingly exclaims , To fawn , to crouch , to wait , to ...
... verses must not be forgottten- Full little knowest thou , that hast not try'd " What Hell it is , in suing long to bide . ' To lose good days - to waste long nights - and as he feelingly exclaims , To fawn , to crouch , to wait , to ...
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... verses of his own composition . It was by the contemplation of two of these portraits ( Old Brutus and a venerable relative in one example of these his great ancestors , to dissolve the tyranny picture ) that Cicero seems to have ...
... verses of his own composition . It was by the contemplation of two of these portraits ( Old Brutus and a venerable relative in one example of these his great ancestors , to dissolve the tyranny picture ) that Cicero seems to have ...
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... verses : but it is an imperfection not to be able to judge how unworthy bad verses were of the glory of his name . For what concerns his eloquence , that is totally out of comparison , and I be- lieve will never be equalled . PREFACES ...
... verses : but it is an imperfection not to be able to judge how unworthy bad verses were of the glory of his name . For what concerns his eloquence , that is totally out of comparison , and I be- lieve will never be equalled . PREFACES ...
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