The Olio, Or, Museum of Entertainment, Volum 4Joseph Shackell, 1830 |
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Pàgina 7
... length the signal was given the trumpet bayed loudly , and with levelled lances the combatants flew to meet each other they encountered about mid - way , and Walter of Wallington's horse stum- bling at that moment , his aim was lost ...
... length the signal was given the trumpet bayed loudly , and with levelled lances the combatants flew to meet each other they encountered about mid - way , and Walter of Wallington's horse stum- bling at that moment , his aim was lost ...
Pàgina 10
... length , as well as breadth , and in thickness fourteen inches , weighing about ten tons . The transverse , or impost , is a very irregular hexagon , its greatest breadth from north to south is more than eleven feet , and from east to ...
... length , as well as breadth , and in thickness fourteen inches , weighing about ten tons . The transverse , or impost , is a very irregular hexagon , its greatest breadth from north to south is more than eleven feet , and from east to ...
Pàgina 20
... length I arose , and feeling myself somewhat hungry , I ventured into the house in the hope that its inmates would take compassion on me . I was not de- ceived , for the family took great notice of me , and were much pleased with my do ...
... length I arose , and feeling myself somewhat hungry , I ventured into the house in the hope that its inmates would take compassion on me . I was not de- ceived , for the family took great notice of me , and were much pleased with my do ...
Pàgina 27
... length ex- claimed , " Well done : water , by God ! " In aerial effect he considered himself above any rival . When Wright of Derby offered to exchange works with him , he answered , " With all my heart . I'll give you air , and you ...
... length ex- claimed , " Well done : water , by God ! " In aerial effect he considered himself above any rival . When Wright of Derby offered to exchange works with him , he answered , " With all my heart . I'll give you air , and you ...
Pàgina 34
... length the minister ventured to propose his ne- phew Don Alvarez , as one whom he would stake his life to be worthy of such great confidence . Accordingly he was appoint- ed to the perilous office . Don Alvarez received many and strong ...
... length the minister ventured to propose his ne- phew Don Alvarez , as one whom he would stake his life to be worthy of such great confidence . Accordingly he was appoint- ed to the perilous office . Don Alvarez received many and strong ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 237 - He was the man who of all modern, and perhaps ancient poets, had the largest and most comprehensive soul. All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously, but luckily : when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too.
Pàgina 213 - I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Pàgina 295 - He could never fix his thoughts, nor govern his estate, tho' then the greatest in England. He was bred about the King : And for many years he had a great ascendent over him : But he spake of him to all persons with that contempt, that at last he drew a lasting disgrace upon himself. And he at length ruined both body and mind, fortune and reputation equally. The madness of vice appeared in his person in very eminent instances ; since at last he became contemptible and poor, sickly, and sunk in his...
Pàgina 170 - And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.
Pàgina 237 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them, not laboriously, but luckily; when he describes anything, you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read nature; he looked inwards and found her there.
Pàgina 392 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Pàgina 255 - These are therefore to will and require you to see the said Sentence executed in the open street before Whitehall...
Pàgina 170 - Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary.
Pàgina 391 - Peaceful, beneath primeval trees, that cast Their ample shade o'er Niger's yellow stream, And where the Ganges rolls his sacred wave; Or mid the central depth of blackening woods, High rais'd in solemn theatre around, Leans the huge elephant...
Pàgina 140 - I made up my mind that sho was the very girl for me. That I thought her beautiful is certain, for that I had always said should be an indispensable qualification ; but I saw in her what I deemed marks of that sobriety...