The Port Folio, Volume 3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1810 |
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Pagina 14
... supposed , of these sons of pleasure , and contrived to instruct and to amuse at the same time , by their exhibition of mysteries , and mira- cle plays . The drama , however , soon assumed a more worldly ap- pearance , and the poets of ...
... supposed , of these sons of pleasure , and contrived to instruct and to amuse at the same time , by their exhibition of mysteries , and mira- cle plays . The drama , however , soon assumed a more worldly ap- pearance , and the poets of ...
Pagina 19
... supposed him , interferes and reveals the truth . * There is a sort of impropriety in some of their late pieces which was never before permitted , and which , though not liable to the censure of immorality , ought certainly to be ...
... supposed him , interferes and reveals the truth . * There is a sort of impropriety in some of their late pieces which was never before permitted , and which , though not liable to the censure of immorality , ought certainly to be ...
Pagina 22
... supposed , without any great violation of propriety , to pour out her grief in song ; and the elevated sentiments of some pa- triot or warrior might even be enforced by intervals of solemn or war- like music ; but I am shocked to hear a ...
... supposed , without any great violation of propriety , to pour out her grief in song ; and the elevated sentiments of some pa- triot or warrior might even be enforced by intervals of solemn or war- like music ; but I am shocked to hear a ...
Pagina 23
... should be thus converted into a gulf which swallows up so much youth , innocence , and beauty . The principal dancers and singers are supposed to be al- ways at the orders of the court , and are TRAVELS IN FRANCE . 23.
... should be thus converted into a gulf which swallows up so much youth , innocence , and beauty . The principal dancers and singers are supposed to be al- ways at the orders of the court , and are TRAVELS IN FRANCE . 23.
Pagina 32
... supposed , would be most suita- ble to the genius of one who had proved himself so capable of discovering the most secret intrigues of foreign powers . He was not long after appointed ambassador to Portugal , and being allowed , as is ...
... supposed , would be most suita- ble to the genius of one who had proved himself so capable of discovering the most secret intrigues of foreign powers . He was not long after appointed ambassador to Portugal , and being allowed , as is ...
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Pagina 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Pagina 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Pagina 204 - The seasons' difference; as, the icy fang, And churlish chiding of the winter's wind; Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile, and say,— This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Pagina 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Pagina 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Pagina 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Pagina 340 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband : But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Pagina 206 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Pagina 489 - Let me not stir, nor breathe, lest I dissolve That tender, lovely form of painted air, So like Almeria. Ha! it sinks, it falls; I'll catch it ere it goes, and grasp her shade. 'Tislife! 'tis warm! 'tis she! 'tis she herself ! Nor dead nor shade, but breathing and alive!
Pagina 155 - It is very difficult to lay down rules for the acquirement of such a taste as that I am here speaking of. The faculty must in some degree be born with us; and it very often happens, that those who have other qualities in perfection, are wholly void of this. One of the most eminent mathematicians of the age has assured me, that the greatest pleasure he took in reading Virgil was in examining /Eneas's voyage by the map...