Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 pàgines |
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Pàgina viii
... lines appear : " Thus endeth the Ship of Fools , translated out of Latin , French and Dutch , into Englishe , by Alex- ander Barclay , priest , at that time chaplin in the co- ledge of St. Mary Ottery , in the countie of Devon . An ...
... lines appear : " Thus endeth the Ship of Fools , translated out of Latin , French and Dutch , into Englishe , by Alex- ander Barclay , priest , at that time chaplin in the co- ledge of St. Mary Ottery , in the countie of Devon . An ...
Pàgina x
... lines in the progress of these sections , he hopes that the poetical part of the volume is not wholly ushered into the world without Limæ labor ac mora ; and therefore trusts , that any trifling inac- curacies which may have escaped him ...
... lines in the progress of these sections , he hopes that the poetical part of the volume is not wholly ushered into the world without Limæ labor ac mora ; and therefore trusts , that any trifling inac- curacies which may have escaped him ...
Pàgina xv
... lines , for the reader's information . Devers la lune , où l'on tient que jadis , Etait placé des fous le paradis , * It was formerly supposed , that the Fool's Paradise Sur les confins de cet abîme immense , Où le PREFATORY DISCOURSE . XV.
... lines , for the reader's information . Devers la lune , où l'on tient que jadis , Etait placé des fous le paradis , * It was formerly supposed , that the Fool's Paradise Sur les confins de cet abîme immense , Où le PREFATORY DISCOURSE . XV.
Pàgina xviii
... lines in our mo- ther tongue : The best and surest method of advice , Should spare the person , tho ' it brands the vice . With respect to the multitude that will not think fit to trouble itself with the perusal of my labours ; or ...
... lines in our mo- ther tongue : The best and surest method of advice , Should spare the person , tho ' it brands the vice . With respect to the multitude that will not think fit to trouble itself with the perusal of my labours ; or ...
Pàgina xx
... lines , supplicating the interposition of Wisdom in thy favour , that her bright radiance may so ex- pand around thee , as to dissipate from thy reason the noxious vapours of ignorance and folly , urging thee to discard bells , cap ...
... lines , supplicating the interposition of Wisdom in thy favour , that her bright radiance may so ex- pand around thee , as to dissipate from thy reason the noxious vapours of ignorance and folly , urging thee to discard bells , cap ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Pàgina 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Pàgina 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Pàgina 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Pàgina 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Pàgina 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Pàgina xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Pàgina 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Pàgina 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Pàgina 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.