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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... performed such ex- ercises as were difficult , and perhaps not per- fectly necessary in battle . Tacitus also describes noble youths as having danced naked amidst the projecting points of swords and spears , with so much much skill and ...
... performed such ex- ercises as were difficult , and perhaps not per- fectly necessary in battle . Tacitus also describes noble youths as having danced naked amidst the projecting points of swords and spears , with so much much skill and ...
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... performing his pro- mise , termed him Duke of Shoreditch , the place where the man resided . A successor of the Duke's established a show on the day already referred to , which was exhibited in Smithfield and other parts of the environs ...
... performing his pro- mise , termed him Duke of Shoreditch , the place where the man resided . A successor of the Duke's established a show on the day already referred to , which was exhibited in Smithfield and other parts of the environs ...
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... performed by jugglers form the heads of Master Scott's chap- ters , under the article Hartumim ; and is given to furnish a comparison with those of the present day . Of Of the ball , and the manner of legerdemain therewith 25.
... performed by jugglers form the heads of Master Scott's chap- ters , under the article Hartumim ; and is given to furnish a comparison with those of the present day . Of Of the ball , and the manner of legerdemain therewith 25.
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... perform the trick by means of the joint in one and the semicircle in the other . To thrust a dagger or bodkin in your ... performed all the preceding amusing feats , Mr. Scot gravely recommended his readers to visit John Cantares , a ...
... perform the trick by means of the joint in one and the semicircle in the other . To thrust a dagger or bodkin in your ... performed all the preceding amusing feats , Mr. Scot gravely recommended his readers to visit John Cantares , a ...
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... performed by Sir Edward Zouch , Sir George Goring , and Sir John Finit ; the first sung indecent songs ,, and related tale of the same description ; the former of which were written by Finit , who procured fiddlers as an accompany ment ...
... performed by Sir Edward Zouch , Sir George Goring , and Sir John Finit ; the first sung indecent songs ,, and related tale of the same description ; the former of which were written by Finit , who procured fiddlers as an accompany ment ...
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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 - 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...