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Common terms and phrasesacademy actors admirable afterwards ambassador amusing anagram ancient anecdote Anthony Wood appears Athenaeus Bayle Ben Jonson bishop Buckingham burlesque called cardinal Catholic character Charles Cicero Coke comedy court critical curious custom delight discovered Duke Elizabeth England English father favour favourite France French genius give hand Harlequin Henry historian holy honour Hudibras humour imagined invention Italian Italy James Jesuit king king's labours Lazzi learned letter literary lived Livy Lord Lord of Misrule majesty manuscript marriage master mind minister modern nation nature never observed occasion original pantomime parody party passage passion perhaps persons philosopher poem poet political Pope preserved prince printed Puritans queen racter reign ridiculous Roman royal sador satire Saturnalia says scene secret seems Sir John songs Spain Spanish spirit taste theatre thou tion verse volume writer written Popular passagesPage 178 - I saw the world, and yet I was not seen; My thread is cut, and yet it is not spun; And now I live, and now my life is done! Page 313 - I may scape, I will preserve myself: and am bethought To take the basest and most poorest shape, That ever penury, in contempt of man, Brought near to beast... Page 317 - With a heart of furious fancies, Whereof I am commander : With a burning spear, And a horse of air, To the wilderness I wander ; With a knight of ghosts and shadows, I summoned am to Tourney : Ten leagues beyond The wide world's end ; Methinks it is no journey... Page 274 - Chaste women are often proud and froward, as presuming upon the merit of their chastity. It is one of the best bonds both of chastity and obedience in the wife, if she think her husband wise; which she will never do if she find him jealous. Wives are young men's mistresses ; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses. Page 95 - 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. Page 178 - 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. Page 96 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Page 96 - The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind... Page 98 - 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... Page 109 - 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... References to this bookFrom Google ScholarThe Preparation of Medical BibliographiesEngland London Kinds Of Parody From The Medieval To The PostmodernNİL KORKUT - 2005 Шедевры научно-популярной литературы|" Оправдание поэзии"-11-го ...ЛЕО ДОИЕЛЬ, ЗАВЕЩАННОЕ ВРЕМЕНЕМ References from web pagesCuriosities of Literature Laputan Logic - Curiosities of Literature The Project Gutenberg ebook of Curiosities Of Literature, by Isaac ... Isaac D'Israeli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Curiosities of Literature, Vol. II (of 3) Edited, With Memoir And ... Antiquarian authorship: D'Israeli's miscellany of literary ... Isaac D'Israeli - Wikiquote ea Poe Society of Baltimore NOTES AND QUERIES Curiosities of Literature. A New Edition. Edited, with Memoir and ... Bibliographic information |