Curiosities of Literature, by I. DisraeliR. Bentley, 1838 - 256 pagine |
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Pagina 49 - We will describe an event of later date in the words of Sir Robert Gary:— " On Wednesday the twenty-third of March, she [the Queen] grew speechless. That afternoone, by signes, she called for her Council!, and by putting her hand to her head, when the King of Scottes was named to
Pagina 154 - Mrs. Conduitt. 7 Pemberton, who possessed the confidence of Newton, and published an exposition of the Newtonian philosophy in 1728, merely states that " As he [Newton] sat alone in a garden, he fell into a speculation on the power of gravity;" 8 and this statement was repeated by Birch, ten years afterwards, in his very valuable account of Newton.
Pagina 69 - it singularly happened that he [Sir Walter Ralegh] lived among literary characters, with the most intimate friendship. There he joined the Earl of Northumberland, the patron of the philosophers of his age, and with whom Rawleigh pursued his chemical studies ; and Serjeant Hoskins, a poet and a wit, . . . and that Rawleigh often consulted Hoskins on
Pagina 201 - Grenadiers! lower your arms, otherwise you will miss, or only wound me !' To two of them who proposed to tie a handkerchief over his eyes, he said, ' A loyal soldier who has been so often exposed to fire and sword, can see the approach of death with naked eyes, and without
Pagina 107 - coffee at Constantinople, anno 1614. " Our own Purchas, at the time that Valle wrote, was also ' a Pilgrim,' and well knew what was ' Coffa," which ' they drank as hot as they can [sic] endure it; it is as black as soot, and tastes not much unlike it; good they say for
Pagina 245 - THE RULES LAID DOWN BY THEORETICAL CRITICS.—" Nothing," says Franklin, "gives an author so great pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted.
Pagina 135 - One of these summonses to Stowe, the antiquary, with his memoranda on the back, exists in the Ashmolean Museum. I shall preserve it with all its verbal aerugo. ' Society of Antiquaries. ' To Mr. Stowe. ' The place appointed for a conference upon the question followinge ys att Mr. Garters house, on
Pagina 211 - Have we evidence to deprive Vasari and Ralegh of the honors of authorship ? 5 Are we to believe that Cervantes composed the most agreeable book in the Spanish language during his captivity in Barbary? 6 Did Philip III. of Spain die in the twentyfourth year of his age ? 7 Is it true that Purchas spent his life in travels
Pagina 44 - Camoens, the solitary pride of Portugal, deprived of the necessaries of life, perished in a hospital at Lisbon. This fact has been accidentally preserved in an entry in a copy of the first edition of the Lusiad, in the possession of Lord
Pagina 193 - The first edition was printed in 1737 39 —five years earlier than this ardent explorator of the curiosities of our national literature supposes. It has neither red-letter, nor seemly designs, nor Index. 2. " The purpose of this poem has been entirely misconceived. * * * it has been admired for its simplicity and tenderness, not for its exquisitely ludicrous turn .'"—I.