Curiosities of literature. (Repr. of the 7th ed.).John Murray, 1824 |
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... favourite hero in the giant Partholanus , who was descended from Japhet , and landed on the coast of Munster 14th May , in the year of the world 1987. This giant succeeded in his enter VOL . II . C prise , but a domestic misfortune ...
... favourite hero in the giant Partholanus , who was descended from Japhet , and landed on the coast of Munster 14th May , in the year of the world 1987. This giant succeeded in his enter VOL . II . C prise , but a domestic misfortune ...
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... favourite greyhounds ; and this the learned historian assures us was the first instance of female infidelity ever known in Ireland ! The learned , not contented with Homer's poetical pre - eminence , make him the most au- thentic ...
... favourite greyhounds ; and this the learned historian assures us was the first instance of female infidelity ever known in Ireland ! The learned , not contented with Homer's poetical pre - eminence , make him the most au- thentic ...
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... favourite propensity to punning so far as even to intro- duce a pun in the grave and elaborate work of à Lexicon . A story has been raised to account for it , and it has been ascribed to the impatient interjection of the lexicographer ...
... favourite propensity to punning so far as even to intro- duce a pun in the grave and elaborate work of à Lexicon . A story has been raised to account for it , and it has been ascribed to the impatient interjection of the lexicographer ...
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... favourite book of the age , and the fertile parent of the most absurd offspring which Taste has known . Ripa is as darkly subtile as Venius is obvious ; and as far- fetched in his conceits as the other is literal . Ripa represents ...
... favourite book of the age , and the fertile parent of the most absurd offspring which Taste has known . Ripa is as darkly subtile as Venius is obvious ; and as far- fetched in his conceits as the other is literal . Ripa represents ...
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... favourite expression was , that he had trodden down his adversary . Scioppius was a critic , as skilful as Salmasius or Scaliger , but still more learned in the language of abuse . He was regarded as the Attila of authors . He boasted ...
... favourite expression was , that he had trodden down his adversary . Scioppius was a critic , as skilful as Salmasius or Scaliger , but still more learned in the language of abuse . He was regarded as the Attila of authors . He boasted ...
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Página 486 - Comedy will (I think) by nobody be blamed, and much less of the high and excellent Tragedy, that openeth the greatest wounds, and showeth forth the ulcers that are covered with tissue...
Página 476 - 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 481 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 477 - 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 415 - Sogni e favole io fingo; e pure in carte Mentre favole e sogni orno e disegno, In lor, folle ch'io son, prendo tal parte, Che del mal che inventai piango e mi sdegno.
Página 484 - Oh ! had he been content to serve the crown With virtues only proper to the gown, Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle that oppressed the noble seed, David for him his tuneful harp had strung And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Página 494 - ... human, 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 480 - There has of late arisen a practice of giving to adjectives, derived from substantives, the termination of participles ; such as the cultured plain, the daisied bank ; but I was sorry to see, in the lines of a scholar like Gray, the honied spring.
Página 239 - Là, content du succès que le mérite donne, Par d'illustres avis je n'éblouis personne ; Je satisfais ensemble et peuple et courtisans , Et mes vers en tous lieux sont mes seuls partisans : Par leur seule beauté ma plume est estimée : Je ne dois qu'à moi seul toute ma renommée; Et pense toutefois n'avoir point de rival A qui je fasse tort en le traitant d'égal.
Página 151 - Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, 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.