Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to the Year 1700: Including the Origin of British Society, Customs and Manners, with a General Sketch of the State of Religion, Superstition, Dresses, and Amusements of the Citizens of London, During that Period; 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, Illustrated by Eighteen Engravings, Band 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811 |
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... played deep with them , as did the antient Germans . Sing- ing and conviviality were well known in the Northern nations ; and they doubtless had many ridiculous sports , which might well be collected in those of their present ...
... played deep with them , as did the antient Germans . Sing- ing and conviviality were well known in the Northern nations ; and they doubtless had many ridiculous sports , which might well be collected in those of their present ...
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... it and the first step . Dice he deprecates most feelingly- “ O why should that be called a play which is compact of malice and robbery ! Undoubtedly they that write of the first invention of things have good cause write 16.
... it and the first step . Dice he deprecates most feelingly- “ O why should that be called a play which is compact of malice and robbery ! Undoubtedly they that write of the first invention of things have good cause write 16.
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... play thereat must seem to have no portion of wit or cunning if they will be called fair players ; or , in some company , avoid the stab of a dagger , if they be taken with any crafty conveyance . ' " How many gentlemen , how many ...
... play thereat must seem to have no portion of wit or cunning if they will be called fair players ; or , in some company , avoid the stab of a dagger , if they be taken with any crafty conveyance . ' " How many gentlemen , how many ...
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... play of King Henry IV . part 2 .; and has by this means enabled me to add another item to the preceding observations . The gentleman just mentioned notices a work published in 1682 , called " A remembrance of the worthy show and ...
... play of King Henry IV . part 2 .; and has by this means enabled me to add another item to the preceding observations . The gentleman just mentioned notices a work published in 1682 , called " A remembrance of the worthy show and ...
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... played , and then but for a short time . As two persons were employed in this game , neither of them were capable of limiting the exercise , he that struck the ball with violence compelled his antagonist to exert equal force in ...
... played , and then but for a short time . As two persons were employed in this game , neither of them were capable of limiting the exercise , he that struck the ball with violence compelled his antagonist to exert equal force in ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 162 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks ; Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the honey'd showers And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Seite 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!
Seite 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...
Seite 226 - Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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 freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.