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The Queen of Sweden having resolved to visit the French Academy , gave so
short a notice of her design , that it was impossible to inform the majority of the
members of her intention . About four o ' clock fifteen or sixteen Academicians
were ...
The Queen of Sweden having resolved to visit the French Academy , gave so
short a notice of her design , that it was impossible to inform the majority of the
members of her intention . About four o ' clock fifteen or sixteen Academicians
were ...
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As the Queen was talking with a member she suddenly quitted him , as was her
custom , and in her quick way sat down in the arm chair ; and at the same time
the members seated themen selves . The Queen observing that they did not , 02
...
As the Queen was talking with a member she suddenly quitted him , as was her
custom , and in her quick way sat down in the arm chair ; and at the same time
the members seated themen selves . The Queen observing that they did not , 02
...
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The Queen observing that they did not , out of respect to her , approach the table ,
desired them to come near ; and they accordingly approached it . During these
ceremonious preparations several officers of state had entered the hall , and ...
The Queen observing that they did not , out of respect to her , approach the table ,
desired them to come near ; and they accordingly approached it . During these
ceremonious preparations several officers of state had entered the hall , and ...
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278 ORIGINAL LETTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH . ORIGINAL LETTER OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH . In the Cottonian Library , Vespasian , F . III . is preserved a
letter written by Queen Elizabeth ( then Princess ) to her sister Queen Mary . It
appears ...
278 ORIGINAL LETTER OF QUEEN ELIZABETH . ORIGINAL LETTER OF
QUEEN ELIZABETH . In the Cottonian Library , Vespasian , F . III . is preserved a
letter written by Queen Elizabeth ( then Princess ) to her sister Queen Mary . It
appears ...
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When he was sent to France , to conduct the Princess Henrietta , to the arms of
Charles I , he had the insolence to converse with the Queen of France , not as an
ambassador , but as a lover ! The Marchioness of Senecey , her lady of honour ...
When he was sent to France , to conduct the Princess Henrietta , to the arms of
Charles I , he had the insolence to converse with the Queen of France , not as an
ambassador , but as a lover ! The Marchioness of Senecey , her lady of honour ...
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Página 483 - Two such I saw what time the laboured ox In his loose traces from the furrow came, And the swinkt hedger at his supper sat...
Página 470 - En vain contre le Cid un ministre se ligue : Tout Paris pour Chimène a les yeux de Rodrigue.
Página 478 - ... angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach; from Infinite to thee, From thee to nothing. On superior...
Página 489 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, 'This chief transcends his father's fame.' While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
Página 139 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Página 460 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep.
Página 461 - On a rock whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard, and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air), And with a master's hand, and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Página 64 - I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that there were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition ; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there any thing that will more deject his cooled imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
Página 469 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Página 462 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2 Curiosities of Literature, Isaac Disraeli |
| Autor | Isaac Disraeli |
| Edición | 5 |
| Editor | J. Murray, 1807 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 11 Ene. 2008 |
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