Literary Frivolities, Fancies, Follies and FrolicsChatto and Windus, 1880 - 288 strán (strany) |
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... passage in Proverbs iv . 16 , containing the words , " For they sleep not , " the quaint old author remarks : " As empty stomachs can hardly sleep , so neither can graceless persons , till gorged and glutted with sweetmeats of sin ...
... passage in Proverbs iv . 16 , containing the words , " For they sleep not , " the quaint old author remarks : " As empty stomachs can hardly sleep , so neither can graceless persons , till gorged and glutted with sweetmeats of sin ...
Strana 119
... passage on this subject : " This kind of wit appears very often on modern medals , especially those of Germany , when they represent in the inscription the year in which they were coined . Thus we see on a medal of Gustavus Adolphus the ...
... passage on this subject : " This kind of wit appears very often on modern medals , especially those of Germany , when they represent in the inscription the year in which they were coined . Thus we see on a medal of Gustavus Adolphus the ...
Strana 121
... passage from which he elicited this wonderful , and , as it proved , inaccurate prediction , is in John xix . 37— ' They shall look on Him whom they pierced ' -VIDebVnt In qVeM transfIXerVnt , making MDXVVVVIII or 1533 ; but the month ...
... passage from which he elicited this wonderful , and , as it proved , inaccurate prediction , is in John xix . 37— ' They shall look on Him whom they pierced ' -VIDebVnt In qVeM transfIXerVnt , making MDXVVVVIII or 1533 ; but the month ...
Strana 150
... passage . Pope , in speaking of their use , rather contemp- tuously exclaims in the " Dunciad : " " " And ten low words creep on in one dull line . ” Churchill afterwards , in the " Rosciad , " where he censures Mossop , the actor ...
... passage . Pope , in speaking of their use , rather contemp- tuously exclaims in the " Dunciad : " " " And ten low words creep on in one dull line . ” Churchill afterwards , in the " Rosciad , " where he censures Mossop , the actor ...
Strana 151
... passage which occurs in the Fire - Worshippers in " Lalla Rookh " " I knew , I knew it could not last- ' Twas bright , ' twas heavenly , but ' tis past ! Oh ! ever thus , from childhood's hour , I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I ...
... passage which occurs in the Fire - Worshippers in " Lalla Rookh " " I knew , I knew it could not last- ' Twas bright , ' twas heavenly , but ' tis past ! Oh ! ever thus , from childhood's hour , I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I ...
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