Relics of LiteratureT. Boys, 1823 - 400 páginas |
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... copies of this Chronicle , and some of them of great antiquity , from which it may be proved , that Geoffrey's version abounds in unwarrantable interpolations and other errors . The following is a literal translation of that part of the ...
... copies of this Chronicle , and some of them of great antiquity , from which it may be proved , that Geoffrey's version abounds in unwarrantable interpolations and other errors . The following is a literal translation of that part of the ...
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... copy , at least , of the Desatir must have been extant in the year 1624 ; an author of that period having quoted from it several passages . Sir William Jones , one of the most accomplished scholars , and a profound orien- talist ...
... copy , at least , of the Desatir must have been extant in the year 1624 ; an author of that period having quoted from it several passages . Sir William Jones , one of the most accomplished scholars , and a profound orien- talist ...
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... copy of it from India , and presented it to Voltaire , who sent it , in 1761 , to the library of the king of France . Voltaire had been informed , that the chief priest of Cheringham , distinguished for his knowledge of the French ...
... copy of it from India , and presented it to Voltaire , who sent it , in 1761 , to the library of the king of France . Voltaire had been informed , that the chief priest of Cheringham , distinguished for his knowledge of the French ...
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... copy of the life of the duke her husband , ( a rare work ) preserved in the British Museum , given the following amusing character of his grace and herself . Whatever may be thought of its modesty , no one can deny its claims to an ...
... copy of the life of the duke her husband , ( a rare work ) preserved in the British Museum , given the following amusing character of his grace and herself . Whatever may be thought of its modesty , no one can deny its claims to an ...
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... copies , that those faults lie most upon the corrector and the printer . But , put the case , there might be some slips in that kinde , is all the booke damn'd for it ? No , mercy , gentlemen ; when , for the numbers , every schoole ...
... copies , that those faults lie most upon the corrector and the printer . But , put the case , there might be some slips in that kinde , is all the booke damn'd for it ? No , mercy , gentlemen ; when , for the numbers , every schoole ...
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Página 275 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 383 - So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Página 325 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
Página 384 - And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Página 186 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Página 381 - And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Página 81 - Her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace, of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was 1 He probably means rushes. stately ; her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Página 32 - Also I would, besides that allowance, have 600/. quarterly to be paid, for the performance of charitable works : and those things I would not, neither will be accountable for. Also, I will have three horses for my own saddle, that none shall dare to lend or borrow; none lend but I, none borrow but you.
Página 275 - No man ever spoke more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough or look aside from him without loss. He commanded where he spoke, and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion. No man had their affections more in his power. The fear of every man that heard him was lest he should make an end.
Página 8 - I'll count your power not worth a pin: Alas, what hereby shall I win, If he gainsay me ? What if I beat the wanton boy With many a rod ? He will repay me with annoy, Because a god. Then sit thou safely on my knee, And let thy bower my bosom be, Lurk in mine eyes, I like of thee; O Cupid, so thou pity me, Spare not, but play thee.