The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volúmenes1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... quality proper to instruct and amend , and not to debase and corrupt , the mind . The adoption of dignified , interesting , and moral subjects for his pencil , should be the ruling passion of the artist , who is 14 THE DIRECTOR .
... quality proper to instruct and amend , and not to debase and corrupt , the mind . The adoption of dignified , interesting , and moral subjects for his pencil , should be the ruling passion of the artist , who is 14 THE DIRECTOR .
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... interesting anecdote was men- . tioned of Lord James Audley and the Black Prince , taken from the 1st vo- lume of Mr. Johnes's edition of the Chronicles . Mr. D. then gave a sketch of Frois- sart's life , chiefly from the biography of ...
... interesting anecdote was men- . tioned of Lord James Audley and the Black Prince , taken from the 1st vo- lume of Mr. Johnes's edition of the Chronicles . Mr. D. then gave a sketch of Frois- sart's life , chiefly from the biography of ...
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... interesting ob- jects of inquiry , and to illustrate them both by experiments and sketches . He concluded by pointing out some of the peculiar advantages of philosophical study . THE REV . Mr. DIBDIN , in his third lec- ture on the rise ...
... interesting ob- jects of inquiry , and to illustrate them both by experiments and sketches . He concluded by pointing out some of the peculiar advantages of philosophical study . THE REV . Mr. DIBDIN , in his third lec- ture on the rise ...
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... interesting notes from Lord Berner's translation of Froissart , by which the edition is illustrat- ed , was strongly recommended to the audience . N THE works of Sir John Maundeville , formed the next Royal Institution . 89.
... interesting notes from Lord Berner's translation of Froissart , by which the edition is illustrat- ed , was strongly recommended to the audience . N THE works of Sir John Maundeville , formed the next Royal Institution . 89.
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... interesting specimens of it were adduced by Mr. D .; and , among others , a remark- able passage * which was first observed by Mrs. Cooper , in her Muses Library , to have suggested to Milton the idea of * This passage is cited by ...
... interesting specimens of it were adduced by Mr. D .; and , among others , a remark- able passage * which was first observed by Mrs. Cooper , in her Muses Library , to have suggested to Milton the idea of * This passage is cited by ...
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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.