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Pàgina 546
With fharp constraint of hunger : better ' twere , That all the miferies which nature owes Were mine at once . No , come thou home , Roufillon , Whence honour but of danger wins a scar , As oft it lofes all .
With fharp constraint of hunger : better ' twere , That all the miferies which nature owes Were mine at once . No , come thou home , Roufillon , Whence honour but of danger wins a scar , As oft it lofes all .
Pàgina 557
... confefs A natural guiltinefs , fuch as is his , Let it not found a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life . ... With all her double vigour , art and nature , Once ftir my temper : but this virtuous maid Subdues me quite.
... confefs A natural guiltinefs , fuch as is his , Let it not found a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life . ... With all her double vigour , art and nature , Once ftir my temper : but this virtuous maid Subdues me quite.
Pàgina 570
Nature never fram'd a woman's heart Of prouder ftuff than that of Beatrice . Difdain and fcorn ride fparkling in her eyes , Mifprifing what they look on : and her wit Values itfelf fo highly , that to her All matter elfe feems weak ...
Nature never fram'd a woman's heart Of prouder ftuff than that of Beatrice . Difdain and fcorn ride fparkling in her eyes , Mifprifing what they look on : and her wit Values itfelf fo highly , that to her All matter elfe feems weak ...
Pàgina 575
... words that made them known : but thy vile [ good - nature Though thou didst learn , had that in ' t which Could not abide to be with ; therefore waft thou Defervedly confin'd into this rock , Who hadit deferv'd more than a prifon .
... words that made them known : but thy vile [ good - nature Though thou didst learn , had that in ' t which Could not abide to be with ; therefore waft thou Defervedly confin'd into this rock , Who hadit deferv'd more than a prifon .
Pàgina 577
Vanity of Human Nature . Pref . Our revels now are ended : thefe our actors ( As I foretold you ) were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air : Aad , like the bafulefs fabric of this vifion , · The cloud - capt towers ...
Vanity of Human Nature . Pref . Our revels now are ended : thefe our actors ( As I foretold you ) were all spirits , and Are melted into air , into thin air : Aad , like the bafulefs fabric of this vifion , · The cloud - capt towers ...
Què en diuen els usuaris - Escriviu una ressenya
No hem trobat cap ressenya als llocs habituals.
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 715 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Pàgina 622 - I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man That love my friend, and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Pàgina 714 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Pàgina 548 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine ; And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Pàgina 621 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Pàgina 619 - Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Pàgina 620 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours ? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Pàgina 570 - Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Pàgina 683 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Pàgina 548 - 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.
Informació bibliogràfica
| Títol | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose ... Volum 2 de Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Vicesimus Knox |
| Autor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Editor | T. Longman, 1796 |
| Original de | Universitat d’Oxford |
| Digitalitzat el | 16 Jul. 2007 |
| Nre. de pàgines | 1008 pàgines |
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