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... manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are they who are blessed with both these uncommon talents ; in the number of which my uncle , as his own writings and your history will evi- dently prove , may justly be ranked . It is with ...
... manner worthy of being read ; but doubly happy are they who are blessed with both these uncommon talents ; in the number of which my uncle , as his own writings and your history will evi- dently prove , may justly be ranked . It is with ...
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... manner in which he had served Zeus , and the ingratitude with which he had been treated . The translation is from the spirited pen of Mr. Blackie . Saturn . It must not , however , be supposed that the Greek deities were precisely the ...
... manner in which he had served Zeus , and the ingratitude with which he had been treated . The translation is from the spirited pen of Mr. Blackie . Saturn . It must not , however , be supposed that the Greek deities were precisely the ...
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... manner of Decubitus , of the ancients , which Cornelius broke off in this manner : - you ; " This day , my friends , I purpose to exhibit my son before a child not wholly unworthy of inspection , as he is descended from a race of ...
... manner of Decubitus , of the ancients , which Cornelius broke off in this manner : - you ; " This day , my friends , I purpose to exhibit my son before a child not wholly unworthy of inspection , as he is descended from a race of ...
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... manner of effect ; nor both of them together bring Horneck to common civility . " " That's a gross mistake ( said Cornelius very warmly ) ; and , to prove it so , I have here a small lyra of my own , framed , strung , and tuned after ...
... manner of effect ; nor both of them together bring Horneck to common civility . " " That's a gross mistake ( said Cornelius very warmly ) ; and , to prove it so , I have here a small lyra of my own , framed , strung , and tuned after ...
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... manner that it was with no small difficulty I kept my feet , and expected nothing less than to be soon crushed to death , as the walls continued rocking to and fro in the frightfullest manner , opening in several places ; large stones ...
... manner that it was with no small difficulty I kept my feet , and expected nothing less than to be soon crushed to death , as the walls continued rocking to and fro in the frightfullest manner , opening in several places ; large stones ...
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Page 24 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 276 - Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus ! and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Page 200 - Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me : But Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill ; Did this in Caesar seem ambitious ? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept. Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that, on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly...
Page 84 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 291 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 200 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious : If it were so, it was a grievous fault ; And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Page 201 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 192 - This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 177 - Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made: Its path was not upon the sea, In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew.
Page 275 - I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself.