Prison Books and Their AuthorsW. Tegg, 1861 - 357 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... genius has thrown around it , than is the throne of the most fuccefsful conqueror with which the world has been curfed or bleffed . Dearer to our memories , and dearer to the memories of all future genera- tions , will the prifon ...
... genius has thrown around it , than is the throne of the most fuccefsful conqueror with which the world has been curfed or bleffed . Dearer to our memories , and dearer to the memories of all future genera- tions , will the prifon ...
Pàgina 5
... genius are the world's Prifon Books . To fay fomewhat of the lives and works of the principal of these chained linnets is the purpose of the prefent little work . Of course we begin with the victim of Theodoric , the last claffic writer ...
... genius are the world's Prifon Books . To fay fomewhat of the lives and works of the principal of these chained linnets is the purpose of the prefent little work . Of course we begin with the victim of Theodoric , the last claffic writer ...
Pàgina 9
... genius : " Through him Pythagoras , the musician , Ptolemy , the astronomer , Nichomacus , the arithmetician , Euclid , the geometer , Plato , the theologian , Aristotle , the logician , Archimedes , the mechanician , had learned to ...
... genius : " Through him Pythagoras , the musician , Ptolemy , the astronomer , Nichomacus , the arithmetician , Euclid , the geometer , Plato , the theologian , Aristotle , the logician , Archimedes , the mechanician , had learned to ...
Pàgina 27
... genius , he has left behind him a name as famous for " daring deeds of high em- prise , " as any of the knights - errant of old romance . He might indeed , have been a Sir Guyon , and was well worthy a place in the gentle Spenser's ...
... genius , he has left behind him a name as famous for " daring deeds of high em- prise , " as any of the knights - errant of old romance . He might indeed , have been a Sir Guyon , and was well worthy a place in the gentle Spenser's ...
Pàgina 39
... genius . The machinations of his enemies were gaining ftrength day by day . Still Surrey pursued his course with his wonted bravery and chivalrous daring . Mr. Robert Bell has given fo admirable a fummary of the events immediately ...
... genius . The machinations of his enemies were gaining ftrength day by day . Still Surrey pursued his course with his wonted bravery and chivalrous daring . Mr. Robert Bell has given fo admirable a fummary of the events immediately ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Æneid againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer beauty becauſe beſt bleffed Boëthius breaſt Bunyan cauſe Cervantes Chriſtian courſe death defire devil Don Quixote doth Engliſh eyes faid faith fame fatire fays feemed fent fentence feven fhall fing firſt fome fong foon forrow foul ftill fubject fuch fuffering fure genius greateſt hath heart himſelf hiſtory honour houſe itſelf John Bunyan juſtice laft laſt Leigh Hunt liberty live Lord Lovelace maſter mind moſt muſt myſelf never night noble paffage paffed perfecution perfons philofopher pleaſant pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe preſent priſon publiſhed puniſhment Purgatory of Suicides queſtion raiſe Raleigh reaſon reſpect reſt Richard Lovelace Robert Southwell ſay ſcene ſee ſeems ſerved ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome Southwell Spain ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch Surrey ſweet thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſed verſe whofe whoſe wife
Passatges populars
Pàgina 332 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Pàgina 73 - Under a star-y-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument.
Pàgina 204 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Pàgina 25 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowned with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Pàgina 104 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Pàgina 178 - I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve : If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be...
Pàgina 147 - ... not with rage, While fury's flame doth burn ; It is in vain to stop the stream, Until the tide doth turn. But when the flame is out, And ebbing wrath doth end, I turn a late enraged foe Into a quiet friend.
Pàgina 102 - Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
Pàgina 331 - The Count my lover is brave as brave can be; He surely would do wondrous things to show his love of me; King, ladies, lovers, all look on; the occasion is divine; I'll drop my glove, to prove his love; great glory will be mine.
Pàgina 220 - As many as are of the works of the Law, are under the curfe ; for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them.