The Psyche, a magazine of belles lettres, ed. by the author of 'The czar'., Τεύχος 4Edward Smallwood 1840 |
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Σελίδα 322
... at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble , and so full of subtle flame , As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest . " No less a man than Raleigh founded the Mermaid - his thoughts ...
... at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble , and so full of subtle flame , As if that every one from whom they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest . " No less a man than Raleigh founded the Mermaid - his thoughts ...
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Σελίδα 322 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Σελίδα 323 - Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Σελίδα 322 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Σελίδα 323 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Σελίδα 321 - To give you the total reckoning of it ; it is the busy man's recreation, the idle man's business, the melancholy man's sanctuary, the stranger's welcome, the inns-of-court man's entertainment, the scholar's kindness, and the citizen's courtesy. It is the study of sparkling wits, and a cup of canary their book, whence we leave them.
Σελίδα 326 - IN Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Σελίδα 320 - And in the end, this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having reigned such a time, lived and died a virgin.
Σελίδα 334 - ... than of fancy. I find, that he neither sought for, nor obtained any great place, or preferment in court, during all his time of attendance ; neither did he need it, for he came thither backed with a plentiful fortune, which, as himself was wont to say, was then better held together by a single life, wherein he lived, and died a constant courtier of the ladies.
Σελίδα 346 - A guisa d' un soave e chiaro lume, Cui nutrimento a poco a poco manca; Tenendo al fin il suo usato costume; Pallida no, ma più che neve bianca Che senza vento in un bel colle fiocchi; Parea posar come persona stanca. Quasi un dolce dormir ne' suoi begli occhi, Sendo lo spirto già da lei diviso, Era quel che morir chiaman gli sciocchi.
Σελίδα 304 - Crown, but also being then let by the Lord Protector, and others of the Council, sithence that time, both in the life of the Queen, continued your old Labour and Love ; and after her death, by secret and crafty means, practised to atchieve the said purpose of marrying the said Lady Elizabeth ; to the danger of the King's Majesty's Person, and peril of the state of the same.