Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... in three fair columns wove O'er the smooth plain , the bold acrostics move , High o'er the rest , the towering leaders rise With limbs gigantic , and superior size . But the looser character of the chronogram , and the LITERARY FOLLIES . 5.
... in three fair columns wove O'er the smooth plain , the bold acrostics move , High o'er the rest , the towering leaders rise With limbs gigantic , and superior size . But the looser character of the chronogram , and the LITERARY FOLLIES . 5.
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... character of the person who bore the name . These anagrams , therefore , were either injurious or complimentary . Scioppius imagined himself fortunate that his ad- versary Scaliger was perfectly Sacrilege in all the oblique cases of the ...
... character of the person who bore the name . These anagrams , therefore , were either injurious or complimentary . Scioppius imagined himself fortunate that his ad- versary Scaliger was perfectly Sacrilege in all the oblique cases of the ...
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... character of Gildon is not exaggerated : he held as heavy a pen of lead as any of the children of dulness . Littleton , the author of the Latin and English Dictionary , was notoriously addicted to punning , and he has been so absurd as ...
... character of Gildon is not exaggerated : he held as heavy a pen of lead as any of the children of dulness . Littleton , the author of the Latin and English Dictionary , was notoriously addicted to punning , and he has been so absurd as ...
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... character , argues in his garter- robes , and writes as ' twere with his scepter . " But Luther in reply abandons his pen to all kinds of railing and abuse , He addresses Henry VIII , in the following style : " It is hard to LITERARY ...
... character , argues in his garter- robes , and writes as ' twere with his scepter . " But Luther in reply abandons his pen to all kinds of railing and abuse , He addresses Henry VIII , in the following style : " It is hard to LITERARY ...
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... character of the age . I shall begin by noticing what is said on this subject in the Scaligerana . " There is , " " There is , " says Jo- seph Scaliger ( that great critic and reviler ) " an art of abuse or slandering , of which those ...
... character of the age . I shall begin by noticing what is said on this subject in the Scaligerana . " There is , " " There is , " says Jo- seph Scaliger ( that great critic and reviler ) " an art of abuse or slandering , of which those ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbé admirable afterwards amuse ancient anec anecdotes appear Ariosto Aristotle Astrea bard Bayle beautiful becauſe Boileau Brantome called Cardinal Richelieu celebrated character Cicero composed composition Corneille court Crebillon critic curious death delight Duke employed English eyes father fatire favour favourite fire Folly fome French frequently fuch genius give hand Henry VIII himſelf Homer honour humour imagination imitation ingenious Italian Jesuit king labours lady learned letters literary literature lively majesty manner marriage memoirs merit Metastasio Milton mind moſt muſt never notice observes occasion pamphlets passion Perceforest perhaps Perizonius persons Petrarch poem poet poetical poetry Pope prince Queen Racine racters reader ridiculous romance satire says Scarron Scioppius shew ſhould singular solitude Tacitus Tasso taste theſe thing thoſe thou tion verses Virgil Virgin Voltaire volumes word writers written wrote
Pasajes populares
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...