The London Quarterly Review, Volum 18Theodore Foster, 1818 |
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Pàgina 2
... four years at Alcala , he must have quitted it two or three yearsbe- fore that event . His Arcadia is said to have been written at the desire of his patron , and hence also an argument may be drawn that it was the father and not the son ...
... four years at Alcala , he must have quitted it two or three yearsbe- fore that event . His Arcadia is said to have been written at the desire of his patron , and hence also an argument may be drawn that it was the father and not the son ...
Pàgina 11
... four hundred sacramental dramas of his composition were said to have been acted and printed . This statement has been generally followed without suspicion . Lord Holland perceives that it is greatly exaggerated , and this indeed may ...
... four hundred sacramental dramas of his composition were said to have been acted and printed . This statement has been generally followed without suspicion . Lord Holland perceives that it is greatly exaggerated , and this indeed may ...
Pàgina 25
... four sail which left England , five only had returned : all this was to the honour of Spain , and was faithfully related in this poem , following the account transmitted by the Royal Audience of Panama , and attested by competent ...
... four sail which left England , five only had returned : all this was to the honour of Spain , and was faithfully related in this poem , following the account transmitted by the Royal Audience of Panama , and attested by competent ...
Pàgina 37
... four hundred reals ; for the second , an image of the saint illuminated and adorned with gold , of the value of twenty crowns ; and for the third , a piece of plate worth an hundred and fifty reals . For a sonnet upon the miracle of the ...
... four hundred reals ; for the second , an image of the saint illuminated and adorned with gold , of the value of twenty crowns ; and for the third , a piece of plate worth an hundred and fifty reals . For a sonnet upon the miracle of the ...
Pàgina 38
... four natives of Madrid were to be celebrated , Pope Damasus , Pope Melchiades , Isidro , and his reigning Majesty , Philip III . the prescribed length was forty verses , and the prizes , a belt of gold enamel worth twenty crowns ; a cup ...
... four natives of Madrid were to be celebrated , Pope Damasus , Pope Melchiades , Isidro , and his reigning Majesty , Philip III . the prescribed length was forty verses , and the prizes , a belt of gold enamel worth twenty crowns ; a cup ...
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Pàgina 383 - I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death ; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms ; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel.
Pàgina 459 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Pàgina 383 - He held up the curtain of the bed ; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear ; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed downstairs.
Pàgina 59 - The defeat of many Baillies and Braithwaites will not destroy them. I can ruin their resources by land, but I cannot dry up the sea ; and I must be first weary of a war in which I can gain nothing by fighting.
Pàgina 330 - Sleep breathes at last from out thee, My little patient boy ; And balmy rest about thee Smooths off the day's annoy. I sit me down, and think Of all thy winning ways : Yet almost wish, with sudden shrink, That I had less to praise.
Pàgina 382 - How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.
Pàgina 458 - ... that indestructible love of flowers and odours, and dews and clear waters, and soft airs and sounds, and bright skies, and woodland solitudes, and moonlight bowers, which are the Material elements of Poetry, and that fine sense of their undefinable relation to mental emotion, which is its essence and vivifying Soul, and which...
Pàgina 234 - I knew nothing at all of Chemistry, had never read a syllable on the subject; nor seen a single experiment in it...
Pàgina 314 - The examination of a coral reef, during the different stages of one tide, is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time, it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and...
Pàgina 382 - Beautiful! -Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.