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... English astrologers 207 Alchymy 214 Titles of books 223 Literary follies 232 Literary controversy Literary blunders for vist of conlonly see vol . 2 ) 259 281 CURIOSITIES OF Literature . ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING iv CONTENTS ...
... English astrologers 207 Alchymy 214 Titles of books 223 Literary follies 232 Literary controversy Literary blunders for vist of conlonly see vol . 2 ) 259 281 CURIOSITIES OF Literature . ORIGIN OF THE MATERIALS OF WRITING iv CONTENTS ...
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... English History ) worked cheaper and were more industrious . There was a libel affixed on St. Paul's door , which reflected on Henry VIII . and these Fo- reigners , who were accused of buying up the wool with the king's money , to the ...
... English History ) worked cheaper and were more industrious . There was a libel affixed on St. Paul's door , which reflected on Henry VIII . and these Fo- reigners , who were accused of buying up the wool with the king's money , to the ...
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... English dirtiness ; he ascribes the plague from which England was hardly ever free , and the sweating - sickness , partly to the incom- modious form , and bad exposition of the houses , to the filthiness of the streets , and to the ...
... English dirtiness ; he ascribes the plague from which England was hardly ever free , and the sweating - sickness , partly to the incom- modious form , and bad exposition of the houses , to the filthiness of the streets , and to the ...
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... English manners . " Of his Habit . " He accoutres his person according to the fashion , if it be one that is not troublesome and uneasy for men of heroic exercises and actions . He is neat and cleanly ; which makes him to be somewhat ...
... English manners . " Of his Habit . " He accoutres his person according to the fashion , if it be one that is not troublesome and uneasy for men of heroic exercises and actions . He is neat and cleanly ; which makes him to be somewhat ...
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... English sonnets . Helvetius was the protector of men of genius , whom he assisted not only with his criticism , but his fortune . At his death , Sau- rin read in the French academy an epistle to the manes of his friend . Saurin ...
... English sonnets . Helvetius was the protector of men of genius , whom he assisted not only with his criticism , but his fortune . At his death , Sau- rin read in the French academy an epistle to the manes of his friend . Saurin ...
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Strona 144 - The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Strona 160 - Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood : To the which place a poor ^sequester'd stag, That from the hunter's aim had ta'en a hurt...
Strona 137 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind...
Strona 135 - 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.
Strona 283 - My prime of youth is but a frost of cares; My feast of joy is but a dish of pain; My crop of corn is but a field of tares; And all my good is but vain hope of gain. The day is fled, and yet I saw no sun; And now I live, and now my life is done.
Strona 154 - ... 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...
Strona 218 - I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Strona 146 - 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...
Strona 149 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Strona 153 - Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind, Like yon neglected shrub at random cast, That shades the steep, and sighs at every blast.