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 9
... soon peopled . 13 " Few men rise to power in a state , without a union of great and mean qualities . " - Lord Bacon . 14.66 Honesty the best policy . " - Antediluvian adage ! Honesty is a ragged virtue , turned out of doors to beg or ...
... soon peopled . 13 " Few men rise to power in a state , without a union of great and mean qualities . " - Lord Bacon . 14.66 Honesty the best policy . " - Antediluvian adage ! Honesty is a ragged virtue , turned out of doors to beg or ...
Pàgina 15
... soon reply ) Vouchsafed the HOLY HEAVENLY ONE ! Appall'd Creation's funeral cry , The rushing wind , the darken'd sun , The thunder , and the opening grave To Pilate's question answer gave ! - Uncle Timothy . 26 We laugh at the wisdom ...
... soon reply ) Vouchsafed the HOLY HEAVENLY ONE ! Appall'd Creation's funeral cry , The rushing wind , the darken'd sun , The thunder , and the opening grave To Pilate's question answer gave ! - Uncle Timothy . 26 We laugh at the wisdom ...
Pàgina 16
... soon restored her hearing and sight ; if lagging , it quickened her halting , hobbling pace ; and if her scales were out of order it was an " annoyance jury " with a vengeance ! His Majesty thought a hasty decision not so dangerous as a ...
... soon restored her hearing and sight ; if lagging , it quickened her halting , hobbling pace ; and if her scales were out of order it was an " annoyance jury " with a vengeance ! His Majesty thought a hasty decision not so dangerous as a ...
Pàgina 24
... and examples of his virtue . " John Webster . " What care I , " says Seldon , " to see a man run after a Sermon , if he cozens and cheats as soon as he comes home ? " Greece , the seat of heroes , sages , Gods 24 DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON .
... and examples of his virtue . " John Webster . " What care I , " says Seldon , " to see a man run after a Sermon , if he cozens and cheats as soon as he comes home ? " Greece , the seat of heroes , sages , Gods 24 DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON .
Pàgina 42
... soon in her fane , The quintessence quite of a quarry ! We post to - day to petition and pray The Crown , with sceptre and garter , Prancing in state with the cream - color'd eight , ( And the more blue - ribbon'd the smarter ! ) With ...
... soon in her fane , The quintessence quite of a quarry ! We post to - day to petition and pray The Crown , with sceptre and garter , Prancing in state with the cream - color'd eight , ( And the more blue - ribbon'd the smarter ! ) With ...
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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.