Curiosities of Literature, Tom 4J. Murray, 1823 |
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... curious to observe the various substitutes for paper before its discovery . When men had not yet discovered the art of recording events by writing , they planted trees , erected rude altars , or heaps of stone , as remem- brances of ...
... curious to observe the various substitutes for paper before its discovery . When men had not yet discovered the art of recording events by writing , they planted trees , erected rude altars , or heaps of stone , as remem- brances of ...
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... curious , and the rudest state of society . The same event occurred among the ancient Arabs , who , accord- ing to the history of Mahomet , seem to have taken the shoulder - bones of sheep , on which they carved remarkable events with a ...
... curious , and the rudest state of society . The same event occurred among the ancient Arabs , who , accord- ing to the history of Mahomet , seem to have taken the shoulder - bones of sheep , on which they carved remarkable events with a ...
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... curious as ourselves in having their books richly conditioned . Propertius describes tablets with gold borders , and Ovid notices their red titles ; but in later times , besides the tint of purple with which they tinged their vellum ...
... curious as ourselves in having their books richly conditioned . Propertius describes tablets with gold borders , and Ovid notices their red titles ; but in later times , besides the tint of purple with which they tinged their vellum ...
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Isaac Disraeli. a dying Christ . In the curious library of Mr. Douce is a Psalter , supposed once to have ap- . pertained to Charlemagne ; the vellum is purple , and the letters gold . The Eastern nations likewise tinged their MSS . with ...
Isaac Disraeli. a dying Christ . In the curious library of Mr. Douce is a Psalter , supposed once to have ap- . pertained to Charlemagne ; the vellum is purple , and the letters gold . The Eastern nations likewise tinged their MSS . with ...
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... curious , respecting the paper of his times . " Paper par- ticipates in some sort of the characters of the country which makes it ; the Venetian , being neat , subtile , and court - like ; the French , light , slight , and slender ; and ...
... curious , respecting the paper of his times . " Paper par- ticipates in some sort of the characters of the country which makes it ; the Venetian , being neat , subtile , and court - like ; the French , light , slight , and slender ; and ...
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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.