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 Seiten |
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... described by Fitz Stephen , and was of a ludicrous and rather dan- gerous nature . A post was set upright in the Thames , on which a shield had been firmly fast- ened : a boat with a platform on the bow , which supported a young man ...
... described by Fitz Stephen , and was of a ludicrous and rather dan- gerous nature . A post was set upright in the Thames , on which a shield had been firmly fast- ened : a boat with a platform on the bow , which supported a young man ...
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... the French standard , and sporting with dolphins ; at two of the angles were figures of Discord and Envy ; on the stage already described was a second , eight feet high , covered covered with white sarsnet , decorated with dol- phins , 41.
... the French standard , and sporting with dolphins ; at two of the angles were figures of Discord and Envy ; on the stage already described was a second , eight feet high , covered covered with white sarsnet , decorated with dol- phins , 41.
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... described , Betterton ob- tained the Royal permission of William III . to establish a new company under his licence ; and what was still more to the purpose , he procured the support and subscriptions of several persons of high rank ...
... described , Betterton ob- tained the Royal permission of William III . to establish a new company under his licence ; and what was still more to the purpose , he procured the support and subscriptions of several persons of high rank ...
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... described ; and , with respect to private collections , they are so numerous and important , that it would be difficult to decide which deserves the preference in selection , and to mention all is utterly impracticable , The universal ...
... described ; and , with respect to private collections , they are so numerous and important , that it would be difficult to decide which deserves the preference in selection , and to mention all is utterly impracticable , The universal ...
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... described , iii . 138 . Academy , Royal , scheme for one in 1694 , i . 386 . Actresses , not usually employed before the reign of Charles II . iii . 71 . Addison , Works of , iii . 193 . Advertisement , singular , concerning a robbery ...
... described , iii . 138 . Academy , Royal , scheme for one in 1694 , i . 386 . Actresses , not usually employed before the reign of Charles II . iii . 71 . Addison , Works of , iii . 193 . Advertisement , singular , concerning a robbery ...
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Beliebte Passagen
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 - 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...
Seite 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.
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 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.
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...