World-noted Women, Or, Types of Womanly Attributes of All Lands and AgesD. Appleton and Company, 1858 - 407 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 52
Seite 171
... Duke of Milan . In his earlier years , he bore some resemblance to Shakespeare's " Duke of Milan , " - Prospero - for Giovanni Galeazzo was addicted to study , and “ Neglected worldly ends , all dedicate To closeness , and the bettering ...
... Duke of Milan . In his earlier years , he bore some resemblance to Shakespeare's " Duke of Milan , " - Prospero - for Giovanni Galeazzo was addicted to study , and “ Neglected worldly ends , all dedicate To closeness , and the bettering ...
Seite 172
... Duke of Milan , he commenced building that superb edifice ; which rears its white splendour , a monument of its founder's taste in Art , whatever may have been his perplexingly opposed moral qualities . During his father's lifetime , he ...
... Duke of Milan , he commenced building that superb edifice ; which rears its white splendour , a monument of its founder's taste in Art , whatever may have been his perplexingly opposed moral qualities . During his father's lifetime , he ...
Seite 174
... Duke of Orleans , brother to Charles VI . , king of France . Dowered with the province of Asti , and with large sums of money as her marriage - portion , she espoused this royal bridegroom . The Prince , her husband , was one of the ...
... Duke of Orleans , brother to Charles VI . , king of France . Dowered with the province of Asti , and with large sums of money as her marriage - portion , she espoused this royal bridegroom . The Prince , her husband , was one of the ...
Seite 175
... Duke of Orleans , so early did Isabeau take advantage of her husband's weak intellect , to plunge into the most wanton disorder and disloyalty . She suffered her talents and beauty to act as means of enhancing the disturbances which ...
... Duke of Orleans , so early did Isabeau take advantage of her husband's weak intellect , to plunge into the most wanton disorder and disloyalty . She suffered her talents and beauty to act as means of enhancing the disturbances which ...
Seite 176
... Duke of Burgundy , opposed with deadly rancour to that of the queen and the Duke of Orleans , made the young Duch- ess of Orleans a source of arousing popular prejudice . The belief in Italian skill in sorcery , and Italian knowledge of ...
... Duke of Burgundy , opposed with deadly rancour to that of the queen and the Duke of Orleans , made the young Duch- ess of Orleans a source of arousing popular prejudice . The belief in Italian skill in sorcery , and Italian knowledge of ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abelard admiration affection Anjou Antony arms Aspasia beauty brother Cæsar Captain Smith Castile Catherine cause Cecilia character Christian church Cleopatra conduct courage court crown daughter death divine Duchess Duke Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans empress England eyes faith father favour feeling formed France gave gentle glory grace grief hand head heart heaven Heloise Henry holy honour husband imperial inspired Isabella Isabella of Castile Joan Julius Cæsar king king's Lady Jane Grey Laura letters Lord Louis Louis XIV lover Lucretia Madame Margaret Margaret of Anjou Maria Theresa marriage ment mind Miss Nightingale mistress moral mother nature ness never noble occasion passion Pericles person Petrarch Pocahontas poet possessed Powhatan prince princess queen received reign Rome royal Saint Cecilia Sappho says seemed sent sister soul sovereign spirit sweet Tarquin tender thou throne tion took Valerian Vallière virtue wife woman womanly women words wounded young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 48 - Julius bleed for justice' sake? What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, And not for justice? What, shall one of us, That struck the foremost man of all this world, But for supporting robbers; shall we now Contaminate our fingers with base bribes? And sell the mighty space of our large honours, For so much trash, as may be grasped thus?— I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman.
Seite 15 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves ; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not.
Seite 130 - Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. Let wealth, let honour, wait the wedded dame, August her deed, and sacred be her fame; Before true passion all those views remove, Fame, wealth, and honour! what are you to Love...
Seite 111 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm : Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confin'd the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Seite 111 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Seite 267 - I will tell you,' quoth she ; ' and tell you a truth which, perchance, ye will marvel at. One of the greatest benefits that ever God gave me, is, that He sent me so sharp and severe parents and so gentle a schoolmaster. For when I am in presence...
Seite 35 - Repairs itself by rest. Our Tarquin thus Did softly press the rushes ere he waken'd The chastity he wounded. Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed ! fresh lily, And whiter than the sheets ! That I might touch ! But kiss ; one kiss ! Rubies unparagon'd, How dearly they do 't ! 'Tis her breathing that Perfumes the chamber thus ; the flame o...
Seite 99 - And blesses her with his two happy hands, How the red roses flush up in her cheeks, And the pure snow with goodly vermeil stain, Like crimson dyed in grain...
Seite 66 - Her Ladies and Gentlewomen also, the fairest of them were apparelled like the Nymphs Nereids (which are the mermaids of the waters ) and like the Graces, some steering the helm, others tending the tackle and ropes of the barge, out of the which there came a wonderful passing sweet savour of perfumes, that perfumed the wharf's side, pestered with innumerable multitudes of people.
Seite 288 - ... of men, and behind them as many women, with all their heads and shoulders painted red; many of their heads bedecked with the white down of birds: but every one with something: and a great chain of white beads about their necks.