Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous, EtcW. Pickering, 1852 - 312 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... no more ! Let that content ' Till nearer still the prospect grows Of the dark valley of repose , And in the arms of death we close A life well - spent . Unlatch my little garden gate . Putting on his conjuring DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 5.
... no more ! Let that content ' Till nearer still the prospect grows Of the dark valley of repose , And in the arms of death we close A life well - spent . Unlatch my little garden gate . Putting on his conjuring DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 5.
Pàgina 27
... death the support and confidence of his countrymen was a fool , a sycophant , a peculator and a poltroon . . . 50 The Delphic Oracle was never so prophetic as when it responded to the question of Chorophon , that " Socrates was the ...
... death the support and confidence of his countrymen was a fool , a sycophant , a peculator and a poltroon . . . 50 The Delphic Oracle was never so prophetic as when it responded to the question of Chorophon , that " Socrates was the ...
Pàgina 35
... death of the Roman was noble ; that of the Athenian nobler still . 68 Is fickle fortune cross or kind , Or foul or fair the wanton wind , From envious tongues and lowering looks I turn to my best friends my books . With leisure that no ...
... death of the Roman was noble ; that of the Athenian nobler still . 68 Is fickle fortune cross or kind , Or foul or fair the wanton wind , From envious tongues and lowering looks I turn to my best friends my books . With leisure that no ...
Pàgina 44
... death of Haydon ) would have stood between genius and despair . Upon this sad subject we might pon- der till the mind " burst with thinking . " To Sir Robert Peel belongs the deep consolation of having relieved Hay . don in his last ...
... death of Haydon ) would have stood between genius and despair . Upon this sad subject we might pon- der till the mind " burst with thinking . " To Sir Robert Peel belongs the deep consolation of having relieved Hay . don in his last ...
Pàgina 73
... death - bed . He believed that he had received intimation from the Spirit that Cromwell should recover ; and when his ex- pectation was not verified , on the Protector's death , he thus impiously addressed the Almighty , " Thou hast de ...
... death - bed . He believed that he had received intimation from the Spirit that Cromwell should recover ; and when his ex- pectation was not verified , on the Protector's death , he thus impiously addressed the Almighty , " Thou hast de ...
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Democritus in London. With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... G. D.,George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and ... George Daniel Visualització completa - 1852 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
ancient Anthony Munday ballad Bartholomew Fair Basil Montagu beauty behold Ben Jonson Benet Fink Bishop bright Brummagem charm Church City Court cried crown dance dark death Democritus devil divine drink Edition eloquent Exeunt eyes face fancy fire flowers fool friends garden gentle give gold grace happy hath head hear heart heaven heavenly holy honor Jack John King knave laugh Laureat light Little French Lawyer live London Lord Mayor Majesty Master merry mind morning Motley mournful mysterious never night nose o'er Pageant peep play Plutarch poet poor pray prayer Puck Pumpkin Plethoric Puritan Queen replied rich Robert Burton Robin Robin Hood round royal Rudesheim says SCENE Shakespeare sing Sir Peter smile Socrates solemn song sorrow soul spirit stars sublime sweet sword tears tell thee Themistocles thing thou thought thro Tom Thumb truth Tuneful Bells Uncle Timothy voice
Passatges populars
Pàgina 176 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Pàgina 76 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Pàgina 297 - Tis a very good world to live in, To lend or to spend or to give in, But to beg or to borrow or get a man's own, 'Tis the very worst world that ever was known.
Pàgina 235 - London, to thee I do present the merry month of May; Let each true subject be content to hear me what I say: For from the top of conduit-head, as plainly may appear, I will both tell my name to you, and wherefore I came here. My name is Ralph, by due descent though not ignoble I, Yet far inferior to the flock of gracious grocery...
Pàgina 32 - What judgment I had, increases rather than diminishes ; and thoughts, such as they are, come crowding in so fast upon me, that my only difficulty is to choose or to reject ; to run them into verse, or to give them the other harmony of prose.
Pàgina 238 - Sir, this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you ; it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood : I pray you let them not.
Pàgina 290 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Pàgina 286 - In the morning, after the priest had given him the last sacraments, he said, "There is nothing that is meritorious but virtue and friendship, and indeed friendship itself is only a part of virtue.
Pàgina 21 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.