Curiosities of Literature, Volumen2J. Murray, 1807 |
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... passages promiscuously taken from other authors ( only disposed in a new form or order ) so as to compose a new work and a new meaning . Ausonius has laid down the rules to be ob- served in composing Centos . The pieces may be taken ...
... passages promiscuously taken from other authors ( only disposed in a new form or order ) so as to compose a new work and a new meaning . Ausonius has laid down the rules to be ob- served in composing Centos . The pieces may be taken ...
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... passage to the late Duke of Leeds , who , believing the cir- cumstance to be impossible , offered to bet any sum with the doctor , notwithstanding the latter posi tively asserted that he had read it . A trifling wager was the ...
... passage to the late Duke of Leeds , who , believing the cir- cumstance to be impossible , offered to bet any sum with the doctor , notwithstanding the latter posi tively asserted that he had read it . A trifling wager was the ...
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... passages were still at hand , and quoted with a double zest against the Jesuits ! We will now turn to writers whose controversy was kindled only by subjects of polite literature . The particulars form a curious picture of the taste and ...
... passages were still at hand , and quoted with a double zest against the Jesuits ! We will now turn to writers whose controversy was kindled only by subjects of polite literature . The particulars form a curious picture of the taste and ...
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... passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic notice of the poet's brother ; in which he calls him the elder brother of him who has written the book , en- titled Satires of ...
... passage in Longinus , and several years afterwards , in revising Moreri's dictionary gave a short sarcastic notice of the poet's brother ; in which he calls him the elder brother of him who has written the book , en- titled Satires of ...
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... passages , and tran- scribed quotations ; the same genius , the same in- clinations , and the same ardour for literature , emi- nently appeared in those two fortunate persons . Far from withdrawing her husband from his studies , she was ...
... passages , and tran- scribed quotations ; the same genius , the same in- clinations , and the same ardour for literature , emi- nently appeared in those two fortunate persons . Far from withdrawing her husband from his studies , she was ...
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...