The epigrammatists: a selection, with notes and an intr. by H. P. DoddBell and Daldy, 1870 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 75
Página ix
... rest upon this attempt to make a selec- tion from the works of the Epigrammatists more interesting by notes , observations , and illustrative quotations ! I believe that no collection of this character has ever been published . Bare ...
... rest upon this attempt to make a selec- tion from the works of the Epigrammatists more interesting by notes , observations , and illustrative quotations ! I believe that no collection of this character has ever been published . Bare ...
Página xiv
... rests . In process of time the brevity of the epigram recom- mended it for other purposes than mere superscriptions . Striking events in contemporary history , the noble deeds of illustrious patriots , and the important decisions of ...
... rests . In process of time the brevity of the epigram recom- mended it for other purposes than mere superscriptions . Striking events in contemporary history , the noble deeds of illustrious patriots , and the important decisions of ...
Página xix
... rest . But in the fifteen hundred epigrams which Martial has left , the gems are few and far between . They lie hid amid a mass of servility , scurrility , indecency , and puerility . Examples of the worst kind cannot be given , but the ...
... rest . But in the fifteen hundred epigrams which Martial has left , the gems are few and far between . They lie hid amid a mass of servility , scurrility , indecency , and puerility . Examples of the worst kind cannot be given , but the ...
Página xxvi
... rest . These are exquisitely pure and beautiful . If they have a fault it is in the matter of length , which is beyond that of the earlier Greek epitaphs ; yet who would wish such perfect pieces to be curtailed ? In Herrick's ...
... rest . These are exquisitely pure and beautiful . If they have a fault it is in the matter of length , which is beyond that of the earlier Greek epitaphs ; yet who would wish such perfect pieces to be curtailed ? In Herrick's ...
Página xxxi
... rests - the same was he Whose counsels won for Greece the crown of liberty . But grand simplicity suffices only for the few - for such men as Columbus and Shakespeare , Newton and Wellington . The majority require a longer epitaph to ...
... rests - the same was he Whose counsels won for Greece the crown of liberty . But grand simplicity suffices only for the few - for such men as Columbus and Shakespeare , Newton and Wellington . The majority require a longer epitaph to ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The Epigrammatists: A Selection, with Notes and an Intr. by H. P. Dodd Epigrammatists Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
The Epigrammatists: A Selection, with Notes and an Intr. by H. P. Dodd Epigrammatists Pré-visualização indisponível - 2015 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Aaron Hill afterwards Ambrose Philips Anacreon beauty Ben Jonson Bishop blest Book born breast breath celebrated character charms Cupid dead dear death Delitiæ Delitiarum died distich doth Duke Dunciad Earl edition elegant English epigrammatic Epigrammatists epitaph eyes fair fame fate flourished B.C. following epigram Foundling Hospital Fugitive Pieces Gentleman's Magazine give grace grave Greek Anthology Greek epigram hath heart heaven honour Horace Walpole inscription Jacobs John Johnson King Lady Latin lines live London Lord lovers Martial Meleager mind monument mourn Muses ne'er never Nichols Notes and Queries o'er Oxford poet Poetical poetry Pope praise published Queen rose satire says Select Epigrams Shakespeare similar sleep smile soul stanza sweet Tadlow tears tell thee thine Thomas thou thought tomb Translated Venus verses virtue Westminster Westminster School wife William write written wrote
Passagens conhecidas
Página 127 - tis the mind that makes the body rich ; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What, is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his feathers are more beautiful ? Or is the adder better than the eel, Because his painted skin contents the eye ? O, no, good Kate ; neither art thou the worse For this poor furniture, and mean array.
Página 217 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy ; Which is as thin of substance as the air ; And more inconstant than the wind...
Página xxxvi - I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea: the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun...
Página 142 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.
Página 305 - 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 460 - But hail, thou goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended.
Página 57 - When to the Sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste...
Página 519 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Página 137 - Honour and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honour lies.
Página 20 - Ay me! I fondly dream! Had ye been there, for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore. The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore?