Sketches of the History of Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Revival of Letters in the Fifteenth CenturyJ.S. Simpson, 1827 - 344 sider |
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... possessed at least some of the learning of the times , and was willing to share it with others . The Egyp- tians , Phoenicians and Chaldeans , were neighboring nations , dif- fering but little in their manners , customs and religion ...
... possessed at least some of the learning of the times , and was willing to share it with others . The Egyp- tians , Phoenicians and Chaldeans , were neighboring nations , dif- fering but little in their manners , customs and religion ...
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... possessed , have perished , and their authors are no more remembered , than the founders of pyramids , so long one of the seven wonders of the world , and still the admiration of travellers who stop to con- template these stupendous ...
... possessed , have perished , and their authors are no more remembered , than the founders of pyramids , so long one of the seven wonders of the world , and still the admiration of travellers who stop to con- template these stupendous ...
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... possessed considerable skill in some species of manufactures ; as we learn , that even in the days of the Patriarchs , they wore fine linen and golden or- naments ; Joseph is described as being thus arrayed ; and the sacerdotal garments ...
... possessed considerable skill in some species of manufactures ; as we learn , that even in the days of the Patriarchs , they wore fine linen and golden or- naments ; Joseph is described as being thus arrayed ; and the sacerdotal garments ...
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... possessed genius and skill in execution , they were destitute of taste ; their statues were without due propor- tion , grace or elegance of figure ; they were in no degree worthy to be placed in competition with the finished productions ...
... possessed genius and skill in execution , they were destitute of taste ; their statues were without due propor- tion , grace or elegance of figure ; they were in no degree worthy to be placed in competition with the finished productions ...
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... possessed consider- able knowledge of many of the physical sciences , and to them we are indebted , at least , for the principles , upon which they are founded . Geometry , now so important a branch of mathema- tics , and so essential ...
... possessed consider- able knowledge of many of the physical sciences , and to them we are indebted , at least , for the principles , upon which they are founded . Geometry , now so important a branch of mathema- tics , and so essential ...
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Side 128 - Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay.
Side 156 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand — his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his droop'd head sinks gradually low — And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hail'd the wretch who won.
Side 303 - Then turning, I to them my speech address'd, And thus began : * Francesca! your sad fate Even to tears my grief and pity moves. But tell me; in the time of your sweet sighs, By what, and how Love granted, that ye knew Your yet uncertain wishes ?* She replied : * No greater grief than to remember days Of joy, when misery is at hand.
Side 204 - Cold is Cadwallo's tongue, That hush'd the stormy main : Brave Urien sleeps upon his craggy bed : Mountains, ye mourn in vain Modred, whose magic song Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloudtopt head. On dreary Arvon's shore they lie, Smear'd with gore, and ghastly pale : Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by.
Side 33 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Side ii - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Side 56 - Blest as th' immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Side 56 - One may see by what is left of them, that she followed nature in all her thoughts, without descending to those little points, conceits, and turns of wit with which many of our modern lyrics are sox miserably infected.
Side 56 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Side 57 - O VENUS, beauty of the skies, To whom a thousand temples rise, Gaily false in gentle smiles, Full of love-perplexing wiles ; O goddess ! from my heart remove The wasting cares and pains of love.