Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700 ...: To which are Added, Illustrations of the Changes in Our Language, Literary Customs, and Gradual Improvement in Style and Versification, and Various Particulars Concerning Public and Private Libraries ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 - 576 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 31
... charge in breeding some in Italy . " A servant of his , named Symon , “ was an ex- cellent musician , and did sing delicately ; but was a more general musician than ever the world had : he had a cætro of an immense length and bigness ...
... charge in breeding some in Italy . " A servant of his , named Symon , “ was an ex- cellent musician , and did sing delicately ; but was a more general musician than ever the world had : he had a cætro of an immense length and bigness ...
Σελίδα 53
... charge with half - pikes and pistols : a shot from one of the latter was fired with so good an aim , that Madson received it in his back , whence it passed upwards , and was extracted under his left breast . He died on the 4th of July ...
... charge with half - pikes and pistols : a shot from one of the latter was fired with so good an aim , that Madson received it in his back , whence it passed upwards , and was extracted under his left breast . He died on the 4th of July ...
Σελίδα 54
... charges of cannon , which were answered by others . from the ships below London bridge . We are informed , that Charles II . often amused himself during his leisure hours with feeding and observing his aquatic and other birds kept in St ...
... charges of cannon , which were answered by others . from the ships below London bridge . We are informed , that Charles II . often amused himself during his leisure hours with feeding and observing his aquatic and other birds kept in St ...
Σελίδα 57
... charge , into most of the great towns in the West of England . " This is a sport the English much delight in ; and not only the baser sort , but the greatest lords and ladies . " An advertisement in the Post Boy of February 12 , 1698 ...
... charge , into most of the great towns in the West of England . " This is a sport the English much delight in ; and not only the baser sort , but the greatest lords and ladies . " An advertisement in the Post Boy of February 12 , 1698 ...
Σελίδα 70
... the latter observes , " Yea , although you say it grieveth them not a little , that they should in private , but much more in public , be charged with infamy , I believe and hope hope so much the better of them : knowing that 70.
... the latter observes , " Yea , although you say it grieveth them not a little , that they should in private , but much more in public , be charged with infamy , I believe and hope hope so much the better of them : knowing that 70.
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Σελίδα 81 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Σελίδα 162 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy...
Σελίδα 161 - Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Σελίδα 153 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Σελίδα 192 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Σελίδα 30 - ... drunkenness, and breeds a number of idle and discontented speeches in their alehouses : for, when shall the common people have leave to exercise, if not upon the Sundays and holidays ? Seeing they must apply their labour, and win their living in all working days.
Σελίδα 189 - His banished gods restored to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line ; From whence the race of Alban fathers come And the long glories of majestic Rome.
Σελίδα 153 - But stay, I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of poets, and with rage Or influence, chide or cheer the drooping stage, Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourned like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.
Σελίδα 181 - IT is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself; it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me...
Σελίδα 187 - Hell, Earth, Chaos, all; the argument Held me a while misdoubting his intent, That he would ruin (for I saw him strong) The sacred truths to fable and old song (So...