Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn: With a Letter to a Lady on Ancient and Modern MusicE. Bliss & E. White, 1824 - 351 pages |
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... given by Mel- moth to Pope's version of this passage be questioned ? Is * Hector . ↑ Does this convey the meaning of the original ? There is no sigh in the original , and Homer certainly would not have called it " prophetic . " Nothing ...
... given by Mel- moth to Pope's version of this passage be questioned ? Is * Hector . ↑ Does this convey the meaning of the original ? There is no sigh in the original , and Homer certainly would not have called it " prophetic . " Nothing ...
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... given to others . As soon " as they were out of hearing , he told us , they were two 66 great asses ; and that it was against conscience that the king should name such persons for judges . We sug- 66 66 gested to him that the game ...
... given to others . As soon " as they were out of hearing , he told us , they were two 66 great asses ; and that it was against conscience that the king should name such persons for judges . We sug- 66 66 gested to him that the game ...
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... and the mature deliberation , with which they have been framed . The complicated nature of the modification of proper- ty in England has given its legal instruments a length un- known on the continent ; but even on the continent 52.
... and the mature deliberation , with which they have been framed . The complicated nature of the modification of proper- ty in England has given its legal instruments a length un- known on the continent ; but even on the continent 52.
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... given them the Collegio del Arco , and they were in possession of the Collège de la Flêche , in France . Alluding to these , a saucy boy wrote the follow- ing verses , and the professor good humouredly assigned him the prize : - If the ...
... given them the Collegio del Arco , and they were in possession of the Collège de la Flêche , in France . Alluding to these , a saucy boy wrote the follow- ing verses , and the professor good humouredly assigned him the prize : - If the ...
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... given this intelligence . He caused a let- ter to be sent to him at the theatre , just as he was going upon the stage , to play one of his great parts , hinting to him , that he might well be contented , " Plausu sui gaudere theatri ...
... given this intelligence . He caused a let- ter to be sent to him at the theatre , just as he was going upon the stage , to play one of his great parts , hinting to him , that he might well be contented , " Plausu sui gaudere theatri ...
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Page 173 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, — without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of...
Page 133 - ... such principles confessed — to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country...
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Page 131 - I CANNOT, my lords, I WILL NOT join in congratulation on misfortune and disgrace. This, my lords, is a perilous and tremendous moment : it is not a time for adulation : the smoothness of flattery cannot save us in this rugged and awful crisis. It is now necessary to instruct the throne, in the language of TRUTH.
Page 173 - ... respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land. Those who were able to evade this tempest fled to the walled cities. But escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine.
Page 76 - Private credit is wealth ; public honour is security. The feather that adorns the royal bird supports his flight. Strip him of his plumage, and you fix him to the earth.
Page 80 - Nor has he dreaded the terrors of your brow, sir ; he has attacked even you — he has — and I believe you have no reason to triumph in the encounter. In short, after carrying away our royal eagle in his pounces, and dashing him against a rock, he has laid you prostrate. King, lords, and commons, are but the sport of his fury.
Page 23 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...