The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volum 42 |
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Pàgina 66
... Claudian family to the throne : It is not likely however that he altogether succeeded with Tiberius , or brought him to make any absolute promise of abdication ; for in that case he would not have failed to have taken credit with the ...
... Claudian family to the throne : It is not likely however that he altogether succeeded with Tiberius , or brought him to make any absolute promise of abdication ; for in that case he would not have failed to have taken credit with the ...
Pàgina 67
... Claudian house , which ranked so high in the Patrician nobility , and so superior in pretensions of ancestry and merit to the Julian and Octavian gentry , from whom his predecessors were ignobly descended ? When the German and Pannonian ...
... Claudian house , which ranked so high in the Patrician nobility , and so superior in pretensions of ancestry and merit to the Julian and Octavian gentry , from whom his predecessors were ignobly descended ? When the German and Pannonian ...
Pàgina 68
... , not even when the Claudian family were superseded in the empire , and anecdotes were industriously collected to blacken the character of Tiberius . The death of Drusus followed that of Germanicus , and 68 No 53 . OBSERVER .
... , not even when the Claudian family were superseded in the empire , and anecdotes were industriously collected to blacken the character of Tiberius . The death of Drusus followed that of Germanicus , and 68 No 53 . OBSERVER .
Pàgina 167
... Claudian in later ages were perhaps as good versifiers as Virgil , but far inferior to him in that fine acquired taste , in which he excelled : They are ingenious , but not simple ; and execute better than they contrive . A passage from ...
... Claudian in later ages were perhaps as good versifiers as Virgil , but far inferior to him in that fine acquired taste , in which he excelled : They are ingenious , but not simple ; and execute better than they contrive . A passage from ...
Pàgina 168
... CLAUDIAN . The infernal council , at Alecto's call Conven'd , assemble in the Stygian hall ; Myriads of ghastly plagues , that shun the light , Daughters of Erebus and gloomy Night : Strife war - compelling ; Famine's wasting rage ; And ...
... CLAUDIAN . The infernal council , at Alecto's call Conven'd , assemble in the Stygian hall ; Myriads of ghastly plagues , that shun the light , Daughters of Erebus and gloomy Night : Strife war - compelling ; Famine's wasting rage ; And ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 139 - And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
Pàgina 173 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair, And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, • Against the use of nature...
Pàgina 211 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Pàgina 284 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Pàgina 147 - Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels ; 5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.
Pàgina 174 - And hate the idle pleasures of these days. Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams, To set my brother Clarence and the King In deadly hate the one against the other...
Pàgina 178 - The effect and it ! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murth'ring ministers, Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief ! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry "Hold, hold!
Pàgina 183 - I hear a knocking At the south entry : — retire we to our chamber : A little water clears us of this deed : How easy is it then ! Your constancy Hath left you unattended.
Pàgina 140 - And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph...
Pàgina 153 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.