So that as a river runs sometimes precipitate and swift, then dull and slow ; now direct, then per ambages ; now deep, then shallow ; now muddy, then clear ; now broad, then narrow ; doth my style flow : now serious, then light ; now comical, then satirical... The Scottish Review - Seite 611886Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1900 - 640 Seiten
...then narrow ; doth my style flow : now serious, then light ; now comical, then satirical ; now more elaborate, then remiss, as the present subject required,...sometimes fair, sometimes foul ; here champaign, there inclosed ; barren in one place, better soil in another : by woods, groves, hills, dales, plains, &c."... | |
| Robert Chambers, David Patrick - 1901 - 862 Seiten
...stile flow : now serious, then light ; now comical, then satyrical ; now more elaborate, then remisse, as the present subject required, or as at that time I was affected.' This strange book is far more systematic than the superficial reader is apt to imagine. It is indeed... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 868 Seiten
...stile flow : now serious, then light ; now comical, then satyrical ; now more elaborate, then remisse, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds, Thy cor affected.1 This strange book is far more systematic than the superficial reader is apt to imagine.... | |
| Samuel McChord Crothers - 1926 - 48 Seiten
...subject required, or as that time I was affected. If thou vouchsafe to read this treatise it shall be no otherwise to thee than the way to an ordinary traveller, sometimes fair, sometimes foul, barren in one place, better in another. By woods, groves, dales, plains I shall lead thee through variety... | |
| Robert Southey - 1850 - 610 Seiten
...then narrow ; doth my style flow : now serious, then light ; now comical, then satirical ; now more elaborate, then remiss ; as the present subject required,...affected. And if thou vouchsafe to read this treatise, it símil seem no otherwise to thee, than the way to an ordinary traveller ; sometimes fair, sometimes... | |
| Robert Burton - 1989 - 758 Seiten
...stile flow: now serious, then light; now Comicall, then Satyricall; now more elaborate, then remisse, as the present subject required, or as at that time...if thou vouchsafe to read this Treatise, it shall seeme no otherwise to thee, then the way to an ordinary Traveller, sometimes faire, sometimes foule;... | |
| Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Hugh Trevor-Roper - 1989 - 320 Seiten
...river runs . . . doth my style flow: now serious, then light: now comical, then satirical; now more elaborate, then remiss, as the present subject required, or as at that time I was affected'. Not looking behind that style, such readers are content to delight in the amiable selfrevelation of... | |
| Robert Burton - 1994 - 836 Seiten
...more elaborate or remisse. Comicall, Satyricall, as the present subject required, or as at that 20 time I was affected. And if thou vouchsafe to read this Treatise, it shall seeme no otherwise to thee, then the way to an ordinary traveller; sometimes faire, sometimes foule,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 376 Seiten
...penitence, meditation, and prayer. THE PILGRIM'S BREVIARY If thou vouchsafe to read this treatise, if, shall seem no otherwise to thee than the way to an...champaign, there enclosed ; barren in one place, better soyle in another ; by woods, groves, hills, dales, plains, I shall lead thee. BURTON'S ANATOMIE or... | |
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